boycotting

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boycotting - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Boycott \Boy"cott`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boycotted; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Boycotting.] [From Captain Boycott, a land agent in
     Mayo, Ireland, so treated in 1880.]
     To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or other
     person), to withhold social or business relations from him,
     and to deter others from holding such relations; to subject
     to a boycott.
     [1913 Webster]