boycott
boikot
definition
verb
The Israeli academic establishment boycotted him.
withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.
noun
Two Australian wool bodies have approached the boycott in very different ways.
a punitive ban that forbids relations with certain groups, cooperation with a policy, or the handling of goods.
example
Our call for a 'boycott' is not based on the belief that socialists, in general and in all cases, must refuse to participate in bourgeois elections.
I have e-mailed the company and also copied my message to the financial investors for the Body Shop, stating that I will begin a 'boycott' of Body Shop products effective immediately.
We need to 'boycott' these companies before it's too late.
Sport has always been used as a means of enforcing a political viewpoint, whether it is to 'boycott' a country or whether it is to establish diplomatic relations.
The Catholic Church is so furious with the Edinburgh Dungeon it is urging parents to 'boycott' the attraction.
an advert urges consumers to 'boycott' the firm's coffee
Union branches up and down the country held meetings attended by unusually large numbers of members and submitted resolutions calling for the 'boycott' to be dropped.
Our demands were rejected, so we called for a 'boycott' .
We are not in a situation, more precisely, we do not have a relationship of forces that permits an active 'boycott' .
But some veterans who fought in the Far East believe it is a snub to them and say they will 'boycott' the official event.
The Football Supporters Federation are today urging Bantams fans to 'boycott' Saturday's clash with Wimbledon.
Some members have asked why we do not 'boycott' countries such as Sudan or Saudi Arabia that have very bad human rights records.
Outraged that the Wakefield campaign was going to get even more publicity, a number of leading authorities, who had been invited to participate, decided to 'boycott' the debate.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee cannot meet without at least one Democrat present, so a unanimous 'boycott' would delay if not torpedo the nomination.
The 'boycott' by the Democratic state senators repeats the tactic employed by Democratic members of the lower house who left Texas as a group three months ago.
most parties indicated that they would 'boycott' the election
Community support flooded in with seven councils voting to 'boycott' James Hardie products and the mayors of six others confirming resolutions would go before their next meetings.
They could not overcome the effects of the US 'boycott' and the lack of any popular democracy or mass participation in the organisation of society, an essential feature of any socialist revolution.
And most U.S. consumers will not 'boycott' French perfume or wine (though Australian Merlot deserves a try).
Do Norwegians and others 'boycott' goods made in factories owned and run by European multinationals that employ adult and child slave labour?
The intention of the opposition parties to 'boycott' the poll is irresponsible in the extreme.
Turkish threats to 'boycott' German goods also caused widespread anger.
Gandhi encouraged Indians to 'boycott' British goods and buy Indian goods instead.
Although more than 35,000 members voted, the National Union has ruled that this is not enough to sanction a 'boycott' .
Some have also come forward to say they plan to 'boycott' Terry's goods - or even all Kraft products - in protest at the decision.
a 'boycott' of the negotiations
The movement to 'boycott' Japanese goods began in the United States in August 1937.
Tonga and Samoa have threatened to 'boycott' the next World Cup unless they receive a better deal.
The Preston-based Captive Animals' Protection Society urged the public to 'boycott' the show being staged on Cronkeyshaw Common.
I was reading a similar article the other day about how Germans are trying to 'boycott' American goods, as they see it as the only way to get America's attention.
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