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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: embargo n : a government order imposing a trade barrier [syn: {trade embargo}, {trade stoppage}] v : prevent commerce: "The U.S. embargoes Lybia"
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