noun, verb
noun (plural embargoes) ~ (on sth) an official order that forbids trade with another country:
an arms embargo * an embargo on arms sales to certain countries * a trade embargo against / on certain countries * to impose / enforce / lift an embargo
verb (embargoes, embargoing, embargoed, embargoed) [VN] to place an embargo on sth:
There have been calls to embargo all arms shipments to the region.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for embargo is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does embargo appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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