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Embargo

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A government order prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.

n. A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation.

n. A prohibition; a ban: an embargo on criticism.

v. To impose an embargo on.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.

n. A ban on trade with another country.

n. A temporary ban on making certain information public.

v. To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country.

v. To impose an embargo on a document.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A stoppage or seizure of ships or merchandise by sovereign authority; specifically, a restraint or prohibition imposed by the authorities of a country on merchant vessels, or other ships, to prevent their leaving its ports, and sometimes amounting to an interdiction of commercial intercourse either with a particular country or with all countries.

n. Hence A restraint or hindrance imposed on anything: as, to lay an embargo on free speech.

To lay an embargo upon; restrain the movement or voluntary use of, as ships or property, especially as an act of sovereignty or of public policy; make a seizure or arrestment of. See embargo, n.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. prevent commerce

n. a government order imposing a trade barrier

v. ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons

Word Usage

""Yes," Castro says, "blockade is an act of war, so Americans prefer the term embargo, a word that is used in legal proceedings ... but in either case, we know that this is pre-election talk, and that he has also said he was open to discussion with anyone.""

Verb Form

embargoed embargoes embargoing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

stop kibosh block halt trade barrier

Cross Reference

embargo acts

Variant

embargoes

Form

embargoed embargoing

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Argo Largo Margo Margot largo

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

perjuicio blockade prohibition boycott restriction