Embargo /(?)/

pl. Embargoes

1. 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.

imp. & p. p. Embargoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Embargoing

1. To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.