Noun
no fly list (plural no fly lists)
Alternative form of no-fly list
no-fly list (plural no-fly lists)
(law, aviation) 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.
no-fly list
According to a lawsuit filed by Mr. Tanvir, they cajoled him, threatened him and finally, in 2010, applied a novel sort of pressure: They put him on the No-Fly List, barring him from boarding any planes leaving from or landing in American airports. Source: Internet
“Our clients were placed or kept on the No-Fly List not because they posed any threat to aviation security,” Professor Kassem said, “but as a way to coerce them to become informants on their own communities.” Source: Internet