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Synonyms for boycott

Grammar : Verb
Spell : boi-kot
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɔɪ kɒt

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Définition of boycott

Origin :
  • 1880, noun and verb, from Irish Land League ostracism of Capt. Charles C. Boycott (1832-1897), land agent of Lough-Mask in County Mayo, who refused to lower rents for his tenant farmers. Quickly adopted by newspapers in languages as far afield as Japanese (boikotto). The family name is from a place in England.
  • verb ban; refrain from using
Example sentences :
  • The sanction of the caste rules is in a boycott by all members of the caste.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • But in a year they were trembling in the face of that boycott.
  • Extract from : « Flash-lights from the Seven Seas » by William L. Stidger
  • The boycott continues, but it is dwindling in intensity and will soon subside.
  • Extract from : « Peking Dust » by Ellen N. La Motte
  • Indignation meetings were held, and it was determined to boycott the monks.
  • Extract from : « Las Casas » by Alice J. Knight
  • This may vary from the "cold shoulder" to the complete "boycott."
  • Extract from : « Introduction to the Science of Sociology » by Robert E. Park
  • But should Germany win she will see to it that there is no boycott against her.
  • Extract from : « An Essay On The American Contribution And The Democratic Idea » by Winston Churchill
  • The boycott was one which all the military force of the commonwealth was powerless to lift.
  • Extract from : « Homestead » by Arthur G. Burgoyne
  • The process was first tried upon a Captain Boycott, hence the term.
  • Extract from : « Nasby in Exile » by David R. Locke
  • A conspiracy to boycott is punishable, but boycotting is not in itself an offence.
  • Extract from : « Romantic Ireland; volume 1/2 » by M.F and B. McM. Mansfield
  • The labor unions have shown that the boycott is a powerful weapon.
  • Extract from : « Consumers and Wage-Earners » by J. Elliot Ross

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