EMBARGO

I. noun (plural -goes) Etymology: Spanish, from embargar to bar, from Vulgar Latin *imbarricare, from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra bar Date: 1593 an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports, a legal prohibition on commerce , stoppage , impediment , an order by a common carrier or public regulatory agency prohibiting or restricting freight transportation, II. transitive verb (-goed; -going) Date: 1755 to place an ~ on