embargo - Definition from the ECONOMICS topic - POLITICS

Topic: ECONOMICS

embargo
2 verb

embargo2 [transitive]

1PEBBT to officially stop particular goods being traded with another country [= boycott]:

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Several countries embargoed arms shipments to Yugoslavia.

2 to stop information from being made public until a particular date or until permission is given [= censor]

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