embargo
Pronunciation
[change]Noun
[change]- An embargo is an official ban on trade with another country.
- An embargo is a temporary ban on making certain information public.
Verb
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- (transitive) If a government embargoes, they impose a ban on trading with another country.
- (transitive) If you embargo something, you impose an embargo on a document.