Crossword clues for embargoes
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Embargo \Em*bar"go\, n.; pl. Embargoes. [Sp., fr. embargar to arrest, restrain; pref. em- (L. in) + Sp. barra bar, akin to F. barre bar. See Bar.] An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail.
Note: If the embargo is laid on an enemy's ships, it is called a hostile embargo; if on the ships belonging to citizens of the embargoing state, it is called a civil embargo.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of embargo English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: embargo)
WordNet
See embargo
n. a government order imposing a trade barrier [syn: trade embargo, trade stoppage]
v. ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons; "embargoed publications"
prevent commerce; "The U.S. embargoes Lybia"
[also: embargoes (pl)]
Usage examples of "embargoes".
In addition, because it was the Security Council that established the sanctions in the beginning, pursuing any other route to try to restore the embargoes on Iraq would be seen as an obvious sign of failure that would encourage noncompliance.
The one man who was not intimidated by Tsuboi was New Mexico Democrat Michael Diaz, chairman of the committee, the driving force behind a movement to not only limit but roll back foreign investment in American government, business, and real estate, and if he had his way, raise trade embargoes on all imported Japanese products.
If they vote for trade embargoes and nationalization of Japanese corporations, Tokyo will attempt to negotiate, but Suma and his cronies are dead set on retaliation.
The one man who was not intimidated by Tsuboi was New Mexico Democrat Michael Diaz, chairman of the committee, the driving force behind a movement to not only limit but roll back foreign investment in American government, business, and real estate, and if he had his way, raise trade embargoes on all imported Japanese products.
The Iraqi regime was distrustful of foreigners and had suffered occasional embargoes by foreign suppliers.
Planet and asteroid governments saw no reason to impose embargoes against what was rapidly evolving into one of the system’s premier economic assets.
There were more embargoes against bigger BMs, and some folded into each other, facing pernicious exhaustion of funds—bankruptcy.