boycott
boycott definition
boy·cott (bo̵i′kät′)
transitive verb
- to join together in refusing to deal with, so as to punish, coerce, etc.
- 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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