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no-fly list en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A confidential list containing the names of people who are not permitted to board an aircraft, prepared by government authorities in various jurisdictions and distributed to commercial airlines.
    • The no-fly list created by U.S. authorities, which singles out passengers who are potential terrorist threats, is the target of frequent criticism that it's incomplete and unreliable. 2005 April 18, Timothy J. Burger, “Extending the No-Fly Zone”, in Time:

Forms

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no-fly lists Number=Plur lexicographic
no fly list alternative lexicographic

Hypernyms

blocklist · blacklist · denylist

Translations (3)

pl No Fly List (list containing the names of people who are not permitted to board an aircraft) · cmn 禁飛名單 /禁飞名单 (list containing the names of people who are not permitted to board an aircraft) · fi lentokieltoluettelo (list containing the names of people who are not permitted to board an aircraft)