SHADOW BAN

PRONUNCIATION: (SHAD-oh ban)

MEANING: verb tr.: To block or restrict someone without their being aware of it.
noun: The practice of doing so or an instance of it.

ETYMOLOGY: From shadow, from Old English sceadu (shade) + ban, from bannan (to proclaim). Earliest documented use: 2007.
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SHADOW BANK - an offshore bank, itself a shell company, for purposes of laundering money and avoiding taxes

SHADOW BIN - where all the shadows are stored when the sun goes behind a cloud

SHADOW MAN - he Knows What Evil Lurks in the Mind of Man (maniacal laughter)