(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If one country or group of countries imposes an ~ against another, it forbids trade with that country.
The United Nations imposed an arms ~ against the country...
He has called on the government to lift its ~ on trade with Vietnam.
= ban
N-COUNT: usu with supp
2.
If goods of a particular kind are ~ed, people are not allowed to import them from a particular country or export them to a particular country.
The fruit was ~ed...
They ~ed oil shipments to the US.
...~ed goods.
= ban
VERB: be V-ed, V n, V-ed