boycott
verb (used with object)
to combine in abstaining from, or preventing dealings with, as a means of intimidation or coercion.
has boycotted
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present perfectof boycott (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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China, with which India is locked in a military standoff along their disputed border in the Ladakh region, has boycotted the event.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023
Thailand's army has boycotted online retailer Lazada over an advert that the government is probing for allegedly insulting the country's royal family.
From BBC ● May 9, 2022
Holiday spirits visit a single father who has boycotted Christmas since his wife left him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2019
Park, who continues to strongly deny any wrongdoing, has boycotted the court for the past six months and refused to attend Friday’s sentencing.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2018
The event always comes upon us with violence and is always completely misunderstood—because the Press has boycotted the men's claims.
From The Free Press by Hilaire Belloc
