boycott
verb [ T ]
COMMERCE, POLITICS uk/ˈbɔɪkɒt/ usto refuse to buy a product, do business with a company, or take part in an activity as a way of expressing strong disapproval:
Motorists boycotted the company's gas stations and its share price crashed.
Opposition parties boycotted the elections as unfair.
boycott
noun [ C ]
COMMERCE, POLITICS uk/ˈbɔɪkɒt/ usthe action of refusing to buy a product, do business with a company, or take part in an activity as a way of expressing strong disapproval:
a boycott of sth Pressure groups urged a consumer boycott of clothing brands made using child labour.
call for/demand/threaten a boycott He called for a boycott of the talks.
join/support a boycott Unions asked shoppers to join the boycott.