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Examples of boycott
boycott
He called for a boycott of the reactor by local tour companies but was rebuffed.
From the theatlantic.com
The council approved the boycott May 12 in response to Arizona Senate Bill 1070.
From the dailynews.com
A global boycott of Australia's multi-billion dollar wool trade is intensifying.
From the voanews.com
The work of the meeting, which runs through Aug. 3, is complicated by a boycott.
From the washingtontimes.com
Hamas officials earlier said they planned to boycott the talks with rival Fatah.
From the voanews.com
Hebrew-language flyers were circulated calling for a boycott of Arab businesses.
From the washingtonpost.com
Fanboys advocated a boycott of Fox until the studios finally settled in January.
From the kansas.com
Three other detainees earlier indicated they will boycott the Guantanamo trials.
From the chron.com
The economic boycott has been a powerful tool in the struggle for social rights.
From the cnn.com
- Refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with
- A group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
- A boycott is a form of consumer activism involving the act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for political reasons.
- Boycott (orig. Baykot) is a 1985 film by Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf, set in pre-revolutionary Iran. The movie tells the story of a young man named Valeh (Majid Majidi) who is sentenced to death for his communist tendencies. ...
- (Boycotts) The refusal to purchase the products of an individual, corporation , or nation as a way to bring social and political pressure for change.
- A tactic used by workers and consumers to pressure corporations through a mass refusal to purchase their products or otherwise patronize the business.
- A concerted refusal to work for, purchase from, or handle the products of an employer. Where the action is directed against the employer directly involved in the labor dispute, it is termed a primary boycott. ...
- Refusal to deal with a person, firm or country.
- Another practice defined as "unfair" under most states codes. Such a practice which occurs when someone in the insurance business refuses to do business with someone else until that person complies with certain conditions or concessions.
