The word "Boycott" originates from the Irish Land-Wars when a man by the name of Charles Boycott was ostracize/Ignored by the greater community and his tenants.
There are many types of sentences you could write using the word boycott. One such sentence could be, "Did you participate in the recent grocery store boycott?"
Barbara decided to boycott the company because it tests its products on animals. Some other words for boycott are shut out, blacklist, spurn, reject, and cut off.
From Webster's Dictionary:To boycott a person is to refuse to deal with him, to take any notice of him, or even to sell to him. The term arose in 1881, when Captain Boycott, an Irish landlord, was thus ostracised by the Irish agrarian insurgents.
The name of the bus boycott was the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
It came from Capt. Charles C. Boycott (1832 - 1897), who was a British land agent ostracised by his local community in Ireland as part of a campaign for agricultural tenants' rights (1880). The term went into the English language: to boycott, which means to ostracise (to exclude, leave out).
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The word boycott is the closet word to your question. If you boycott someone you refuse to do business with them.
We will go boycott that bus company tomorrow at 10a.m.
The word boycott derives from the surname of an English Army officer, Boycott, who was shunned by the Irish because of his activities. That type of shunning can to be described by his name.
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The word boycott entered the English language during the Irish Land War and is derived from the name of Captain Charles Boycott, the estate agent of an absentee landlord, Earl Erne in County Mayo, Ireland.See the Related Link which gives a detailed account.
The group encouraged their members to boycott certain foods. The movie boycott was successful. A boycott may or may not have the desired results. If enough people boycott the company, it will change it's ways. The boycott will take place until they get the results they want.
No, it is a verb and a noun. Proboycott is an adjective and so is antiboycott. Hope that is what you were looking for.
There are many types of sentences you could write using the word boycott. One such sentence could be, "Did you participate in the recent grocery store boycott?"
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As a verb: We could boycott that movie but I believe that what we find objectionable will make it very popular. As a noun: The union is hoping their boycott will change management's policy.