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consumer boycott

 
 
noun [C] POLITICS

Definition

an occasion when customers stop buying a particular product or stop buying from a particular company as a way of expressing strong disapproval: The threat of a possible consumer boycott of diamonds has persuaded the industry that it has to tackle the problem of human rights abuse.
(Definition of consumer boycott noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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