boycott
definition
a refusal to buy or use goods and services as a form of protest
example
The community started a boycott against the local store because they did not treat their workers fairly.
synonyms
protestbanexclusion
word origin — The word 'boycott' comes from the name of Charles Boycott, an English land agent in Ireland, who was socially ostracized in the 1880s as part of a campaign against him.