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Embargo

ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ

Embargo definitions
noun
embargoes embargo
  1. an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country

    "an embargo on grain sales"

    • an official ban on any activity

      "there is a complete embargo on taking photographs in court"

  2. an order of a state forbidding foreign ships to enter, or any ships to leave, its ports

    "an embargo laid by our Emperor upon all vessels whatsoever"

verb
embargoes embargoing embargoed embargo
  1. impose an official ban on (trade or a country or commodity)

    "all of these countries have been embargoed by the US"

    boycott ostracize avoid embargo put/place an embargo on consider undesirable steer clear of ignore
    • officially ban the publication of

      "documents of national security importance are routinely embargoed"

  2. seize (a ship or goods) for state service

    "they must embargo means of transport"