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noun

boycott

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

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Six example sentences with boycott, each labelled with its topic.

  • The bus boycott lasted three hundred days, and the empty seats did more than any speech that year.

    Politics

  • A six week boycott cut the chain's sales by a fifth and forced the supplier contract back to the table.

    Economics

  • Shoppers organized a boycott after the factory ignored two safety inspections, and the store shelves stayed full for weeks.

    Business

  • Players organized a boycott of the publisher after the sequel shipped with paid loot boxes, and preorders fell by half.

    Gaming

  • The word comes from an Irish land agent in 1880, whose neighbors began a boycott and refused to sell him bread.

    History

  • Courts distinguish a consumer boycott, which is protected speech, from one organized by competitors to fix prices.

    Law

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