embargo

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: trade embargotrade stoppage

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a government order imposing a trade barrierSynonyms: trade embargotrade stoppage

Verb (2)

  1. ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons“embargoed publications”
  2. prevent commerce“The U.S. embargoes Libya”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Embargo \Em*bar"go\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embargoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Embargoing.] To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods. [1913 Webster]
Embargo \Em*bar"go\, n.; pl. Embargoes. [Sp., fr. embargar to arrest, restrain; pref. em- (L. in) + Sp. barra bar, akin to F. barre bar. See Bar.] An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail. [1913 Webster]

Note: If the embargo is laid on an enemy's ships, it is called a hostile embargo; if on the ships belonging to citizens of the embargoing state, it is called a civil embargo. [1913 Webster]

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