embargo
English meaning: Embargo
Definition
An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.
Example
“A trade embargo was imposed in response to the human-rights violations.”
Another example: “The report was released under embargo, so journalists could not publish it until Monday.”
Usage — When, Where & How
A term in international relations for an official ban on trade with a country; common in news about sanctions and conflict. Also used of a news embargo (a hold on publication). Neutral to formal.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
Spanish embargar (to restrain).
Synonyms
- trade ban
- boycott
- blockade
- prohibition
Related Words
- sanctions
- cuba
- imposed
- lifted
- yom
- somalia
- cuban
- apartheid
- yugoslavia
- nicaragua
- resolution
- blockade
Common Collocations
- trade embargo
- arms embargo
- impose an embargo
- lift an embargo
- oil embargo
Word Forms
embargo (n/v); embargoes (pl); embargoed
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Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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