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third-person singular simple present boycotts, present participle boycotting, simple past and past participle boycotted
To abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest. quotations examples
Omar has challenged Elliott Abrams’s record in Latin America, taken a firm line against Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, and advocated for—wait for it—the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine (even though the headlines have focused on her expressing support for the right to boycott as a tactic).
2019 September 10, Jonathan Guyer, The American Prospect, number Fall 2019
plural boycotts
The act of boycotting. quotations examples
[W]hat has been the actual effects of the [UFW grape] boycott? As far as one can judge, it has cut down on the grape sales in a few big city outlets. But going into its second year, the boycott is losing steam. The middle class doesn't care.
1969 December 19, John Chamberlain, “The Boycott is a Boomerang”, in Meriden Journal
UFW and Chile solidarity boycotts of grapes had very little contact with one another, despite the extensive connections between California and Chilean fruit industries.
2013 December 23, Heidi Tinsman, Buying into the Regime: Grapes and Consumption in Cold War Chile and the United States, Duke University Press, page 20
Labor movements are a primary arena in which the boycott has been used, most notably in the grape boycott from 1965 to 1978. The boycott has a long tradition in the United States that can be traced back to the Boston Tea Party, a boycott of English tea by settlers in the North American colonies. It is noteworthy that consumer boycotts can be used not only in the progressive spirit of social justice but also in the service of economic nationalism; for example, the various "Buy American" campaigns[.]
2018 January 31, Sunaina Maira, Boycott!: The Academy and Justice for Palestine, Univ of California Press, page 36