to boycott
71boycott — v. & n. v.tr. 1 combine in refusing social or commercial relations with (a person, group, country, etc.) usu. as punishment or coercion. 2 refuse to handle (goods) to this end. n. such a refusal. Etymology: Capt. C. C. Boycott, Irish land agent d …
72boycott — Synonyms and related words: avoid, ban, banish, banishment, bar, barring, beef, bitch, blackball, blacklist, blockade, boggle, boycottage, call in question, challenge, circumscription, complain, complaint, compunction, cry out against, debarment …
73boycott — Véase boicot …
74BOYCOTT, CAPTAIN — an Irish landlord s agent in Connemara, with whom the population of the district in 1880 refused to have any dealings on account of disagreements with the tenantry …
75boycott — boy·cott || bɔɪkÉ™t n. ban, embargo, refusal to purchase or use a product v. ban, place an embargo upon, refuse to purchase or use a product …
76boycott something in protest over — refusing to deal with someone or to buy something in order to punish them and coerce them to change their ways …
77boycott was imposed on — a ban was placed against , sanctions were placed against …
78boycott — To refuse to supply a customer or potential customer with one s products or to refuse to buy the products of a particular supplier, usually for commercial rather than political reasons. Compare embargo …
79boycott — The withdrawal of economic relations with an individual, organization, or country. Boycotts arise from economic or political disputes, and examples include the actions of pressure groups to discourage the purchasing of the goods and services of… …
80boycott — v 1. abstain from, refrain from, forbear, desist from, restrain from, hold back from voluntarily; refuse, rebuff, decline, reject, spurn; avoid, stay away from, eschew, shun; ignore, pass over, slight, disdain, scorn; blacklist, bar, exclude,… …
