1. embargo - Noun
2. embargo - Verb
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.
To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.
Source: Webster's dictionaryNo one believes for a moment the embargo will prompt the Iraqi people to rise against Saddam Hussein. Alexander Cockburn
Well, I know that 500,000 children died in Iraq because of the embargo. Jacques Vergès
The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power. Bianca Jagger
Paradoxically, no such embargo exists for the drugs and therapies that have revolutionized the treatment of serious diseases although many of them were created with the same technologies. Paul Berg
The U.S. trade embargo on Cuba is almost completely ineffective, as many other countries, including the European Union, do not honor it. Robert Zubrin
The Chandrika government had lifted the embargo on certain goods banned by the previous regime. Chandrika Kumaratunga