Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

secondary boycott

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: sec-ondary boy-cott
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A boycott of one organization to put pressure on another organization which is the real target.

Example Sentences

"1962 National Labor Relations Board The National Labor Relations Board today ruled that the Miami Printing Pressmen's union conducted unlawful secondary boycott picketing of the Detroit Free Press, which, like the Miami Herald where the Pressmen were on strike, is owned by Knight Newspapers, Inc.https://web.archive.org/web/20241226164410/https://apps.nlrb.gov/link/document.aspx/09031d4580ca5153"
"The primary boycott prohibits citizens of an Arab League member from buying from, selling to, or entering into a business contract with either the Israeli government or an Israeli citizen. The secondary boycott extends the primary boycott to any entity world-wide that does business in Israel.https://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33961.pdf"

Inflected Forms

secondary boycotts (plural)

Questions

What does secondary boycott mean?: A boycott of one organization to put pressure on another organization which is the real target.

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