Synonyms for embargo

Grammar : Noun

Spell : em-bahr-goh

Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈbɑr goʊ

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Définition of embargo

Origin : 1590s, from Spanish embargo "seizure, embargo," noun of action from embargar "restrain impede," from Vulgar Latin *imbarricare, from in- "into, upon" (see in- (2)) + *barra (see bar (n.1)). As a verb, from 1640s. Related: Embargoed.

noun prohibition, restriction

Example sentences :

But at a sign from me he took off the embargo with alacrity.
Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad

Boston with its environs and the interior counties were opposed to the embargo.
Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson

Then there had been the embargo, which for a while closed the ports.
Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Salem » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

The question was now between the enforcement of the Embargo Act and war.
Extract from : « Albert Gallatin » by John Austin Stevens

England immediately laid an embargo on the vessels of the powers signing it.
Extract from : « Up The Baltic » by Oliver Optic

But now she told him that this one embargo to their happiness had been withdrawn.
Extract from : « How It All Came Round » by L. T. Meade

That the embargo was intended as a preparation for war was frankly acknowledged.
Extract from : « James Madison » by Sydney Howard Gay

When I took up my abode with Paragot, he laid no embargo on any of his belongings.
Extract from : « The Belovd Vagabond » by William J. Locke

An embargo had been laid on all shipping, in expectation of the Spanish invasion.
Extract from : « Sir Walter Ralegh » by William Stebbing

Europe was convulsed by war, and Napoleon had laid an embargo on British goods.
Extract from : « The Great Company » by Beckles Willson

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