Толковый словарь английского языка - boycott
Boycott
boycott
transitive verb Etymology: Charles C. Boycott died 1897 English land agent in Ireland who was ostracized for refusing to reduce rents Date: 1880 to engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (as a person, store, or organization) usually to express disapproval or to force acceptance of certain conditions, ~ noun ~er noun
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v. & n. --v.tr. 1 combine in refusing social or commercial relations with (a person, group, country, etc.) usu. as punishment or coercion. 2 refuse to handle (goods) to this end. --n. such a refusal. Etymology: Capt. C. C. Boycott, Irish land-agent d. 1897, so treated from 1880 ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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