[em-bahr-goh] 
noun, plural -goes, verb, -goed, -go⋅ing.| 1. | an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports. |
| 2. | an injunction from a government commerce agency to refuse freight for shipment, as in case of congestion or insufficient facilities. |
| 3. | any restriction imposed upon commerce by edict. |
| 4. | a restraint or hindrance; prohibition. |
| 5. | to impose an embargo on. |
| em·bar·go (ěm-bär'gō) n. pl. em·bar·goes
To impose an embargo on. [Spanish, from embargar, to impede, from Vulgar Latin *imbarricāre, to barricade : Latin in-, in; see en-1 + Vulgar Latin *barricāre, to barricade (from *barrīca, barrel, barrier, from *barra, bar, barrier).] |
A governmental restriction on trade for political purposes. The objective is to put pressure on other governments by prohibiting exports to or imports from those countries.
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