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boycott

boy·cott [ bóy kòt ] (past and past participle boy·cott·ed, present participle boy·cott·ing, 3rd person present singular boy·cotts)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
refuse to deal with something: to cease or refuse to deal with something such as an organization, a company, or a process, as a protest against it or as an effort to force it to become more acceptable
Some called for the elections to be boycotted, insisting they were rigged.

[Late 19th century. After Captain Charles Boycott (1832-1897), estate manager in Ireland]

boy·cott noun
boy·cott·er noun
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