embargo.
embargo (order prohibiting ships from leaving port)
Meaning & usage
embargo (order prohibiting ships from leaving port)
embargo (ban on trade with another country)
embargo (temporary ban or restriction on making certain information public)
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Spanish embargo or French embargo (itself from Spanish), from Spanish embargar (“to arrest”).
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