English to English
boycott
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noun (n)
- a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- The process, fact, or pressure of boycotting; a combining to withhold or prevent dealing or social intercourse with a tradesman, employer, etc.; social and business interdiction for the purpose of coercion.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or other person), to withhold social or business relations from him, and to deter others from holding such relations; to subject to a boycott.(verb)source: webster1913
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