embargo
Official commerce freeze
An embargo is an official ban on trade or commerce with a particular country, or a government order prohibiting ships from entering or leaving ports.
More broadly, it means any prohibition or restriction: The court placed an embargo on publishing the documents.
To embargo something is to impose such a ban: The administration embargoed all Cuban imports.
Approval or punitive measure
- tariffTax on traded goods
- restrictionLimit on action
- importObtain from overseas
- exportForeign-bound sale
blockade · boycott · ban · prohibition · moratorium · quota · customs · commerce
Sealing off a place
- navalOf maritime warfare
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- interdictionAuthoritative prohibition or blockade
enforcement · patrol · inspection · seizure · contraband · warship · fleet · coastal
Approval or punitive measure
- pressureForce upon contact
- isolationComplete separation from others
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
leverage · coercion · compliance · enforcement · bilateral · multilateral · unilateral · UN
Complete power loss
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- gagMouth restraint or jest
- withholdingKeeping from another
release · publication · leak · exclusive · breaking · news · information · classified
sanction
Approval or punitive measure
- tariffTax on traded goods
- restrictionLimit on action
- importObtain from overseas
export · blockade · boycott · ban · prohibition · moratorium · quota · customs · commerce · merchandise
blockade
Sealing off a place
- navalOf maritime warfare
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
interdiction · enforcement · patrol · inspection · seizure · contraband · warship · fleet · coastal · strategic
sanction
Approval or punitive measure
- pressureForce upon contact
- isolationComplete separation from others
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
negotiation · leverage · coercion · compliance · enforcement · bilateral · multilateral · unilateral · UN · resolution
blackout
Complete power loss
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- gagMouth restraint or jest
withholding · release · publication · leak · exclusive · breaking · news · information · classified · confidential
petroleum
Natural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- OPECPetroleum exporters' coalition
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
- pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
energy · fuel · shortage · crisis · price · supply · cartel · production · reserve · barrel
- tradetrade balance, free trade, trade barriers, customs, trade deficit
- prohibitionsban, forbid, prohibition, forbidden, prohibit
- diplomacy termsprotocol, treaty, accord, pact, agreement
- interdictionsinterdiction, drug interdiction, seizure, seizures, drug seizure
- legal restrictionsban, prohibition, restriction, restraining order, court order
- maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors
embargofree trade
Unrestricted international exchange
open trade · trade agreement · market opening · tariff reduction · customs union
embargoauthorization
Formal permission granted
permission · clearance · approval · license · consent
embargorelease
To let go
publication · disclosure · immediate release · breaking news · dissemination
- trade embargoBan on commercial exchange
- arms embargoBan on military exports
- trade embargoesBans on commerce between nations
- oil embargoBan on petroleum exports
- economic embargoBan on commercial exchange
- weapons embargoBan on arms sales
embarrass, embark, disembark, embargoes, embargoed, embargoing, embargos