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secondary boycotts

secondary boycotts is the plural of secondary boycott.

Meaning of secondary boycott

Noun

secondary boycott (plural secondary boycotts)

  1. A boycott of one organization to put pressure on another organization which is the real target.
    • 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...1962 National Labor Relations Board

Questions about secondary boycotts

What is secondary boycotts the plural of?
Secondary boycotts is the plural of secondary boycott.

Words near secondary boycotts in the dictionary

  1. secondary alcohol
  2. secondary alcohols
  3. secondary amine
  4. secondary amines
  5. secondary boycott
  6. secondary boycotts
  7. secondary burial
  8. secondary burials
  9. secondary care
  10. secondary cell
  11. secondary cell wall

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