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ボイコットする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to the act of refusing to buy, use, or participate as a form of protest or pressure.

〈物もの・事こと〉をボイコットするto boycott something (a product, event, election, etc.)
市し民みん団だん体たいはその企き業ぎょうの製せい品ひんをボイコットすることを決きめた。
The citizens' group decided to boycott the company's products.
〈物もの・事こと〉のボイコットを呼よびかけるto call for a boycott of something
労ろう働どう組くみ合あいは工こう場じょうのボイコットを呼よびかけた。
The labor union called for a boycott of the factory.

不ふ買ばい運うん動どう
不買運動 is the more formal, often organized term for a consumer boycott campaign, while ボイコット is the everyday loanword used for any kind of boycott, including political or social ones.
禁きん輸ゆ
ボイコット is a voluntary refusal to buy or deal with something, often by consumers or groups, whereas 禁輸 is an official government-imposed trade ban.

ストライキN1
ボイコット means refusing to buy or use something as a protest, while ストライキ means workers refusing to work; both are protest actions but target different behaviors.

From English 'boycott', named after Charles Boycott, a land agent in Ireland who was socially and economically ostracized in 1880.