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Definition of Boycott

Boycott 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. 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. Related Definitions: Against, And, Boycott, Boycotting, Business, Coercion, Combine, Combining, Dealing, Deter, Employer, Fact, For, From, Him, Holding, Intercourse, Interdiction, Landlord, Of, Or, Other, Person, Pressure, Prevent, Process, Purpose, Social, Subject, Such, The, To, Tradesman, With, Withhold

Boycott Quotations The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together to make the films they want to see, or stay in church and leave us to our work. Richard Pryor The main problem is that for a boycott to be effective, you must first persuade thousands - maybe even millions of others - to go along, which is a lot of work and usually not successful. L. Neil Smith Hamas, the opponents of Arafat, the opponents of peace, urged a boycott of the election, and yet there was an 85 percent turnout where Hamas is supposed to be strong. Isn't that really quite incredible? Warren Christopher The international community and Israel have the same opinion regarding the Hamas government. We don't say we are going to boycott it forever. We say the Hamas government must abide by the obligations the Palestinian Authority has signed. Moshe Katsav I think the whole boycott thing was a bit too much. It's because we're accomplished so much in women's tennis in the last two, three years. We deserve something better. Martina Hingis

Boycott Translations boycott in French is boycotter, boycottent, boycottez, boycottons boycott in German is Boykott boycott in Spanish is boicot boycott in Swedish is bojkott

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