Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or practice of subjecting an obnoxious person or company to the organized persecution called a boycott. See
boycott , v.
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- verb Present participle of
boycott .
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Examples
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My post election strategy is to watch, identify advertisers, and begin boycotting their products and send letters to their CEOs.
Just a Guy Who Lives in the Neighborhood - Swampland - TIME.com 2008
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My post election strategy is to watch, identify advertisers, and begin boycotting their products and send letters to their CEOs.
Just a Guy Who Lives in the Neighborhood - Swampland - TIME.com 2008
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On September 18th, Buddhist monks held a string of protests and said they would begin boycotting alms from members of the military government.
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In the UK, boycotting is organised at an institutional level.
Archive 2005-06-19 Laban 2005
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Apparently most Canadians aren't interested in boycotting American-made products to back up their political views.
canadians are smart 2005
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[O] ur preparation was such that we saw ourselves on this day marching from all different points of Soweto, towards Orlando West high school, where one of the junior secondary schools which had been longest in boycotting classes around Afrikaans issue was located.
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005
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In the UK, boycotting is organised at an institutional level.
Religious Hatred ? Laban 2005
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At present there is a growing tendency to use the word boycotting in a wider sense still.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement] 1840-1916 1913
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This system of ostracism became known as boycotting, and was freely used by the League against landlords, agents, and grabbers, with the result that they were compelled to make terms with the people.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Manhattan, NY - Jury selection in the "Lady Al Qaeda" trial got off to a bizarre start with the accused terrorist telling jurors she was "boycotting" - and demanding Jews be excluded from the panel.
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