boycott

From Charles Boycott, an English evicting land agent in Ireland who was subject to a boycott organized by the Irish Land League in 1880.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɪkɑt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɪkɒt/

boycott (third-person singular simple present boycotts, present participle boycotting, simple past and past participle boycotted)

1. To abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.

• blackball
• blacklist
• embargo
• withhold patronage

• buycott

boycott (plural boycotts)

1. The act of boycotting.

• boycott on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from English boycott.

• IPA^(key): /bɔj.kɔt/

boycott m (plural boycotts)

1. boycott

• boycotter
• boycotteur

• “boycott” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).