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boycott
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(Verb) To boycott, to deliberately abstain from contact or dealing with a person or organisation as a form of protest. Sometimes used as a noun. From Capt. Charles Boycott an Irish Estate Agent who was boycotted in the 1880sUsage: The US boycotted the Moscow Olympics
refusing to buy something.
Usage: the British boycotted tea.
(Verb) To protest a company by encouraging others not to buy from them.
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