financial sanction
Money-based punitive measure
Financial sanctions are penalties restricting access to money, assets, or economic systems, typically imposed by governments or international bodies against countries, organizations, or individuals.
They may freeze bank accounts, block transactions, or prohibit business dealings: The U.S. imposed financial sanctions on Russian oligarchs.
Sanctions aim to pressure targets into changing behavior without military force.
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- travel banProhibition on journeys
- fineAcceptable in quality
- blacklistRecord of prohibited entities
- asset freezeBlocking access to wealth
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- economic controlstariff, quota, embargo, trade restriction, trade embargo
- sanctionsasset freeze, travel ban, arms embargo, oil embargo, trade restrictions
financial sanctionfinancial aid
Funding for education expenses
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Use of troops abroad
military action · armed conflict · diplomatic engagement · war · armed force
financial sanctiondiplomatic recognition
Formal interstate legitimacy acknowledgment
normalization · engagement · rapprochement · détente · alliance
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