embargo

[Em*bar·go]

An embargo is an order stopping the movement of trade ships into or out of a country. If you can’t get those yummy Swedish fish, perhaps there has been an embargo on trade with Sweden!

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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.

Noun
a government order imposing a trade barrier

Verb
prevent commerce; "The U.S. embargoes Lybia"

Verb
ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons; "embargoed publications"

n.
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.

v. t.
To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.

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. &hand; 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.

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.

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.

To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.

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