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boycott definition

boy·cott (bo̵i′kät′)

transitive verb

  1. to join together in refusing to deal with, so as to punish, coerce, etc.
  2. to refuse to buy, sell, or use to boycott a newspaper

Etymology: after Capt. C. C. Boycott, land agent ostracized by his neighbors during the Land League agitation in Ireland in 1880

noun

an act or instance of boycotting

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