He organized a boycott of the bus service.
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Boycott
//ˈbɔɪkɒt//
Synonyms for "boycott" (125 found)
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omissionostracismostracizationostracizeoutlawoutlaw strikepass bypass overpicketpicketingpreclusionpress objectionsprohibitionproscribeproscriptionprotestprotest demonstrationprotestationqualmraise a howl
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137 translations across 68 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- bojkotim noun (the act of boycotting)
- bojkotoj verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Arabic
4 entries- مُقاطَعة noun (the act of boycotting)
- مُقَاطَعَة noun (the act of boycotting)
- قَاطَع verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
- قَاطَعَ verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Armenian
2 entries- բոյկոտ noun (the act of boycotting)
- բոյկոտել verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- boykot noun (the act of boycotting)
Belarusian
2 entries- байко́т noun (the act of boycotting)
- байкатава́ць verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Bengali
1 entries- বর্জন noun (the act of boycotting)
Breton
1 entries- boikotiñ verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Bulgarian
2 entries- бойко́т noun (the act of boycotting)
- бойкоти́рам verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Catalan
2 entries- boicot noun (the act of boycotting)
- boicotejar verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 杯葛 noun (the act of boycotting)
- 杯葛 verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 抵制 noun (the act of boycotting)
- 杯葛 noun (the act of boycotting)
- 抵制 verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
- 杯葛 verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Corsican
1 entries- boicottaghju noun (the act of boycotting)
Czech
2 entries- bojkot noun (the act of boycotting)
- bojkotovat verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Danish
2 entries- boykot noun (the act of boycotting)
- boykotte verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Dutch
2 entries- boycot noun (the act of boycotting)
- boycotten verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Esperanto
1 entries- bojkoti verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Estonian
2 entries- boikott noun (the act of boycotting)
- boikoteerima verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Finnish
2 entries- boikotti noun (the act of boycotting)
- boikotoida verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
French
3 entries- boycott noun (the act of boycotting)
- boycottage noun (the act of boycotting)
- boycotter verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Galician
2 entries- boicot noun (the act of boycotting)
- boicotear verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Georgian
2 entries- ბოიკოტი noun (the act of boycotting)
- ბოიკოტირებას უწევს verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
German
2 entries- Boykott noun (the act of boycotting)
- boykottieren verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Greek
2 entries- αποκλεισμός noun (the act of boycotting)
- μποϊκοτάζ noun (the act of boycotting)
Gujarati
1 entries- બહિષ્કાર noun (the act of boycotting)
Hebrew
3 entries- חֵרֶם noun (the act of boycotting)
- הֶחְרִים verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
- הֶחֱרִים verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Hindi
4 entries- बहिष्कार noun (the act of boycotting)
- बायकाट noun (the act of boycotting)
- बॉयकाट noun (the act of boycotting)
- बहिष्कार करना verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Hungarian
2 entries- bojkott noun (the act of boycotting)
- bojkottál verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Icelandic
1 entries- sniðganga verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Ido
2 entries- boikoto noun (the act of boycotting)
- boikotar verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Indonesian
2 entries- boikot noun (the act of boycotting)
- memboikot verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- بایکوت noun (the act of boycotting)
- تَحْریم noun (the act of boycotting)
- تَحْریم کَرْدَن verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Irish
2 entries- baghcat noun (the act of boycotting)
- baghcatáil verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Italian
2 entries- boicottaggio noun (the act of boycotting)
- boicottare verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Japanese
2 entries- ボイコット noun (the act of boycotting)
- ボイコットする verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Kazakh
1 entries- бойкот noun (the act of boycotting)
Khmer
1 entries- ពហិការ noun (the act of boycotting)
Korean
2 entries- 보이콧 noun (the act of boycotting)
- 보이콧하다 verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- бойкот noun (the act of boycotting)
Lao
1 entries- ຄວ່ຳບາດ verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Latvian
2 entries- boikots noun (the act of boycotting)
- boikotēt verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Lithuanian
2 entries- boikotas noun (the act of boycotting)
- boikotuoti verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Macedonian
2 entries- бојкот noun (the act of boycotting)
- бојкоти́ра verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Malay
3 entries- boikot noun (the act of boycotting)
- pemboikotan noun (the act of boycotting)
- memboikot verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Maltese
2 entries- bojkott noun (the act of boycotting)
- bbojkottja verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Marathi
2 entries- बहिष्कार noun (the act of boycotting)
- बहिष्कार टाकणे verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Mongolian
1 entries- бойкот noun (the act of boycotting)
Māori
2 entries- paparenga noun (the act of boycotting)
- papare verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- boikott noun (the act of boycotting)
- boikotte verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Occitan
1 entries- boicòt noun (the act of boycotting)
Polish
3 entries- bojkot noun (the act of boycotting)
- bojkotować verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
- zbojkotować verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Portuguese
2 entries- boicote noun (the act of boycotting)
- boicotar verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Romanian
2 entries- boicot noun (the act of boycotting)
- boicota verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Russian
2 entries- бойко́т noun (the act of boycotting)
- бойкоти́ровать verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bòjkot noun (the act of boycotting)
- бо̀јкот noun (the act of boycotting)
- bojkotírati verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
- бојкоти́рати verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Slovak
2 entries- bojkot noun (the act of boycotting)
- bojkotovať verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Slovene
2 entries- bojkot noun (the act of boycotting)
- bojkotirati verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Spanish
4 entries- boicot noun (the act of boycotting)
- boicoteo noun (the act of boycotting)
- boicotín noun (the act of boycotting)
- boicotear verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Swedish
2 entries- bojkott noun (the act of boycotting)
- bojkotta verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Tagalog
1 entries- boykot noun (the act of boycotting)
Tajik
3 entries- бойкот noun (the act of boycotting)
- бойкутт noun (the act of boycotting)
- таҳрим noun (the act of boycotting)
Thai
3 entries- การคว่ำบาตร noun (the act of boycotting)
- คว่ำบาตร noun (the act of boycotting)
- คว่ำบาตร verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Turkish
1 entries- boykot noun (the act of boycotting)
Turkmen
1 entries- boýkot noun (the act of boycotting)
Ukrainian
2 entries- бойко́т noun (the act of boycotting)
- бойкотува́ти verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Urdu
3 entries- بائی کاٹ noun (the act of boycotting)
- مُقاطَعَہ noun (the act of boycotting)
- مُقاطَعَہ کَرْنا verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
Uzbek
1 entries- boykot noun (the act of boycotting)
Vietnamese
2 entries- sự tẩy chay noun (the act of boycotting)
- tẩy chay verb (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)
West-Frisian
1 entries- boykot noun (the act of boycotting)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
In 1880, the Irish boycotted a landowner, Captain C.C. Boycott, for failing to lower rents.
Source: tatoeba (680412)
They will boycott that product.
Source: tatoeba (680413)
The boycott lasted a little more than a year.
Source: tatoeba (807536)
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