consumer boycott
noun[C]
POLITICSukusanoccasionwhencustomersstopbuyingaparticularproductorstopbuyingfrom aparticularcompanyas a way ofexpressingstrongdisapproval:
Thethreatof apossibleconsumerboycottofdiamondshaspersuadedtheindustrythat it has totackletheproblemofhumanrightsabuse.