Definition of Boycott

to stop using a product or stop buying from a store on purpose

Examples of Boycott in a sentence

A group of Hispanic men are holding a boycott by refusing to work in establishments that will not pay them legal wages.  🔊

Frustrated with their low salaries, the workers have started a boycott and will not return to work until they are given a raise.  🔊

Homosexual groups are calling for a boycott against the local hotel that refuses to accommodate gay couples.  🔊

Since the employees have had their insurance demands met, they have ended the boycott and are now returning to work.  🔊

During the boycott, the store had its lowest sales’ figures in its forty-year history.  🔊

If I receive bad service at a restaurant, I boycott the establishment and never eat there again.  🔊

Do you believe the diehard fans will boycott the next movie in the series if the lead actress does not appear in the film?  🔊

In the late seventies, the country chose to boycott the Olympics because of international sanctions imposed by other nations.  🔊

The president's supporters threatened to boycott any channel that showed the biased movie about their country’s leader.  🔊

When Ann learned her favored charity was misusing its funds, she chose to boycott the group by stopping her donations.  🔊

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