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Embargo
ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ
Embargo definitions
verb
embargoes
embargoing
embargoed
embargo
- impose an official ban on (trade or a country or commodity)
"all of these countries have been embargoed by the US"
- officially ban the publication of
"documents of national security importance are routinely embargoed"
- seize (a ship or goods) for state service
"they must embargo means of transport"
noun
embargoes
- an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country
"an embargo on grain sales"
ban bar veto embargo moratorium prohibition proscription interdict injunction sanction restriction barrier- an official ban on any activity
"there is a complete embargo on taking photographs in court"
- 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"