Boycott
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To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or otherperson), to withhold social or business relations from him, and todeter others from holding such relations; to subject to a boycott.
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a Catholic priest's favorite place to sleep.
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An agreement usually among a particular segment of the population to reduce or stop the use and purchase of certain products or activities.
An unfair trade practice which occurs when someone in the insurance business refuses to have business dealings with another until he or she complies with certain conditions or concessions.
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Word originated in County Mayo, Ireland where an English absentee landlord called Captain Boycott expected his tenants to harvest his crops as part of their rent. The tenants refused to deal with him and the word boycott was added to the English language. The landlord and his family were totally ignnored and their crops rotted without harvesting.
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The new age [millennial] [approach] of avoiding use of a business or place when a group of people decide they do not like what has occured or what it supports. Resulting in business foreclosure or [redundancy].
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When your bro is over but the [wifi] is down so instead of playing some video games you have sexual intercourse on a [cot] (bed), hence the word [boycott]
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Withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.
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when something is [not good] at all. [10/10 would] not [participate]
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