Definition of Embargo

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Embargo

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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Embargo Quotations

The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.
Bianca Jagger

Fourth, we might have declared an embargo against the shipping from American ports of any merchandise to either one of these governments that persisted in maintaining its military zone.
George William Norris

Paradoxically, no such embargo exists for the drugs and therapies that have revolutionized the treatment of serious diseases although many of them were created with the same technologies.
Paul Berg

Well, I know that 500,000 children died in Iraq because of the embargo.
Jacques Verges

Embargo Translations

embargo in French is embargo
embargo in German is Handelssperre
embargo in Spanish is embargo
embargo in Swedish is beslag

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