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| noun | im-BAHR-goh |
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| Definition |
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an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports
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a legal prohibition on commerce
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an order by a common carrier or public regulatory agency prohibiting or restricting freight transportation
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| Did You Know? |
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Embargoes may be put in place for any number of reasons. For instance, a
government may place a trade embargo against another country to express
its disapproval with that country's policies. But governments are not
the only bodies that can place embargoes. A publisher, for example,
could place an embargo on a highly anticipated book to prevent stores
from selling it before its official release date. The word embargo, dating from around the year 1600, derives via Spanish embargar from Vulgar Latin imbarricare, formed from the prefix im- and the noun barra ("bar"). |
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| Examples of EMBARGO |
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"The embargo has forced freight companies to find new routes. Indian food suppliers, for example, used to make a stop in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Now they fly their products on cargo planes direct to Qatar."
— Zahraa Alkhalisi, CNN Money, 23 June 2017
"The Trump administration … tightened the economic embargo on Cuba, restricting Americans from access to hotels, stores and other businesses tied to the Cuban military."
— Gardiner Harris, The New York Times, 8 Nov. 2017
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| Test Your Vocabulary |
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Fill in the blanks to complete a noun that refers to an act of war in
which one country uses ships to stop people or supplies from entering or
leaving another country: _ _ oc _ _ de.
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