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embargo

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em·bar·go  (m-bärg)
n. pl. em·bar·goes
1. A government order prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.
2. A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation.
3. A prohibition; a ban: an embargo on criticism.
tr.v. em·bar·goed, em·bar·go·ing, em·bar·goes
To impose an embargo on.

[Spanish, from embargar, to impede, from Vulgar Latin *imbarricre, to barricade : Latin in-, in; see en-1 + Vulgar Latin *barricre, to barricade (from *barrca, barrel, barrier, from *barra, bar, barrier).]

embargo
Noun
pl -goes
an order by a government or international body prohibiting trade with a country: the world trade embargo against Iraq
Verb
[-going, -goed]
to place an official prohibition on [Spanish]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.embargoembargo - a government order imposing a trade barrier
import barrier, trade barrier - any regulation or policy that restricts international trade
Verb1.embargo - ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons; "embargoed publications"
ban, censor - forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
2.embargo - prevent commerce; "The U.S. embargoes Libya"
kibosh, stop, block, halt - stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

embargo
Translations
Spanish embargo [pl embargoes] [ɪmˈbɑːgəu] nprohibición f;
(COMM, NAUT) → embargo;
to put an embargo on sth → poner un embargo en algo

French embargo [ɪmˈbɑːgəu] [embargoes , pl ] n (Comm, Naut) → embargo m (= prohibition); interdiction f
to put an embargo on sth → mettre l'embargo sur qch

German embargo [ɪmˈbɑːgəu] [embargoes , pl ] nEmbargo nt
vtmit einem Embargo belegen;
to put or impose or place an embargo on sth → ein Embargo über etw acc verhängen;
to lift an embargo → ein Embargo aufheben

Italian embargo [ɪmˈbɑːgəu] n [pl embargoes] (COMM, NAUT) → embargo
vtmettere l'embargo su;
to put an embargo on sth → mettere l'embargo su qc

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After submitting as long as she could to lay an embargo on the use of her tongue, Mrs.
I had not yet seen it, and upon this notice of an intended invasion, I avoided appearing on that side of the coast, for fear of being discovered, by some of the enemy's ships, who had received no intelligence of me; all intercourse between the two empires having been strictly forbidden during the war, upon pain of death, and an embargo laid by our emperor upon all vessels whatsoever.
I therefore place no embargo upon the return of my wife to Dorset House.
 
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