I. ˈbȯiˌkät, usu -äd.+V; esp Brit -_kət transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Charles C. Boycott died 1897 English land agent in County Mayo, Ireland, who was ostracized in 1880 for refusing to reduce rents
1. : to combine against (a person, employer, a group of persons, or a nation) in a policy of nonintercourse for economic or political reasons : withhold wholly or partly social or business intercourse from as an expression of disapproval or means of coercion
a threat to boycott the Security Council
2. : to engage in a concerted refusal to have anything to do with the products or services of (an employer) in order to force acceptance of certain conditions desired by a union
agreed to boycott all uncooperative manufacturers
II. noun
( -s )
: the process or an instance of boycotting — see secondary boycott