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Boycott

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transitive verb. To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, dealing with, or participating in as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion.

noun. The act or an instance of boycotting.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To combine in refusing to work for, buy from, sell to, give assistance to, or have any kind of dealings with, and

in preventing others from working for, buying from, selling to, assisting, or having any kind of dealings with (a person or company), on account of political or other differences, or of disagreements in business matters, as a means of inflicting punishment, or of coercing or intimidating.

noun. An organized attempt to coerce a person or party into compliance with some demand, by combining to abstain, and compel others to abstain, from having any business or social relations with him or it; an organized persecution of a person or company, as a means of coercion or intimidation, or of retaliation for some act, or refusal to act in a particular way.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

noun. The process, fact, or pressure of boycotting; a combining to withhold or prevent dealing or social intercourse with a tradesman, employer, etc.; social and business interdiction for the purpose of coercion.

transitive verb. To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or other person), to withhold social or business relations from him, and to deter others from holding such relations; to subject to a boycott.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

verb. To abstain, either as an individual or group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.

noun. The act of boycotting

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

noun. a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies

verb. refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with

Word Usage

"Monroe said the unions are being careful not to use the term "boycott" because they don't want damage Obama's re-election prospects."

Form

boycotted boycotting

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

dissent objection ostracise ostracize protest

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

autonomy blockade coercion disunion embargo

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

avoid avoid ban banish banishment

verb-form

boycotted boycotting boycotts