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embargo
(redirected from embargoed)

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

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

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

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

embargo
n embargo [imˈbaːgəu]
an official order forbidding something, especially trade with another country. verbod حَظْر، حَجْر، مَنْع التَّعامُل مع دَوْلَه ембарго embargo embargo; blokade das Embargo εμπάργκο embargo embargo تحریم اقتصادی؛ منع تجارت kauppasulku embargo הֶסגֵר व्यापार प्रतिषेध staviti zabranu embargó embargo hafnbann; viðskiptabann embargo 通商禁止 수출 금지, 출항 금지 embargas embargo, aizliegums sekatan embargo (eksport-/import)forbud, embargo embargo restrição em­bar­go эмбарго embargo prepoved (trgovanja) embargo embargo การสั่งห้ามค้าขาย ambargo 禁止貿易令 ембарго, заборона سرکاری پابندی تجارت وغیرہ سے متعلق lệnh cấm vận 禁止令;


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OFAC advised that most basic editing--even as little as the "reordering of paragraphs or sentences, correction of syntax, gram mar, and replacement of inappropriate words," or the addition of a single illustration--constituted a "service" provided to a citizen of a fully embargoed country and was therefore punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
In July 2000, the House of Representatives cut funding for the enforcement of the ban on travel and for enforcement of the ban on the sale of food and medicine to currently embargoed nations, including Cuba, (Latin American Working Group) essentially lifting restrictions on these measures.
Finally, the German restrictions were dropped on the morning of March 27, when all embargoed food containers at the port of Rotterdam were released for delivery to Germany, said Wout Schalk, Manager of U.
 
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