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embargo

2 verb
     
Related topics: Trade, Economics
embargo2 [transitive]
1PEBBT to officially stop particular goods being traded with another country [= boycott]:
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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