Boycott

['bɒɪkɒt] or ['bɔɪkɑt]

Definition

(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.

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Definition

(v. t.) 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.

(n.) 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.

Checker: Sinclair

Definition

v.t. to shut out from all social and commercial intercourse—a kind of secular excommunication.

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