'Embargo' definitions:
Definition of 'embargo'
(from WordNet)
noun
A government order imposing a trade barrier [syn: embargo, trade embargo, trade stoppage]
verb
Ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons; "embargoed publications"
verb
Prevent commerce; "The U.S. embargoes Libya"
Definition of 'Embargo'
From: GCIDE
- Embargo \Em*bar"go\, n.; pl. Embargoes. [Sp., fr. embargar to arrest, restrain; pref. em- (L. in) + Sp. barra bar, akin to F. barre bar. See Bar.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: If the embargo is laid on an enemy's ships, it is called a hostile embargo; if on the ships belonging to citizens of the embargoing state, it is called a civil embargo. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Embargo'
From: GCIDE
- Embargo \Em*bar"go\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embargoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Embargoing.] To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'embargo'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ban,
- bar,
- bar out,
- barrier,
- barring,
- block,
- blockade,
- blockage,
- boycott,
- cease,
- cessation,
- check,
- circumscription,
- contraband,
- count out,
- cut off,
- debar,
- debarment,
- debarring,
- demarcation,
- denial,
- deny,
- disallow,
- disallowance,
- Eighteenth Amendment,
- enjoin,
- exception,
- exclude,
- exclude from,
- exclusion,
- forbid,
- forbiddance,
- forbidden fruit,
- forbidding,
- freeze out,
- hinder,
- hindrance,
- hold back,
- hold up,
- ignore,
- impede,
- impediment,
- inadmissibility,
- index,
- index expurgatorius,
- index librorum prohibitorum,
- inhibit,
- inhibition,
- injunction,
- interdict,
- interdiction,
- interdictum,
- keep out,
- law,
- leave out,
- lock out,
- lockout,
- narrowing,
- no-no,
- nonadmission,
- omission,
- omit,
- ostracize,
- outlaw,
- pass over,
- preclude,
- preclusion,
- prevent,
- prevention,
- prohibit,
- prohibition,
- Prohibition Party,
- prohibitory injunction,
- proscribe,
- proscription,
- refusal,
- refuse,
- reject,
- rejection,
- relegate,
- relegation,
- repress,
- repression,
- repudiate,
- repudiation,
- restrain,
- restraint,
- restrict,
- restriction,
- restrictive covenants,
- retard,
- rule out,
- ruling out,
- say no to,
- send to Coventry,
- shut out,
- statute,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- sumptuary laws,
- suppress,
- suppression,
- taboo,
- Volstead Act,
- zoning,
- zoning laws