I was blackballed and blacklisted, vilified and scarified and was reduced to having to go incognito to the pub to enjoy a pint or three. |
The member of the Board of Directors who blackballed the candidate has finally been convinced to remove his objection. |
When it comes to things like videos, major labels have a lot of pull, where independent labels are pretty much blackballed. |
The three of us tried to act as peacemakers in an unseemly mob and for our troubles we got blackballed from every pub and club in the city centre. |
The embarrassment to baseball was so great that soon enough, after Dad sold the club, I was essentially blackballed from Major League Baseball. |
The report was questionable, he said, given the fact that other ministers who were also running for the presidency were not being blackballed. |