/em bahr"goh/ , n. , pl. embargoes , v. , embargoed, embargoing .
n.
1. an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.
2. an injunction from a government commerce agency to refuse freight for shipment, as in case of congestion or insufficient facilities.
3. any restriction imposed upon commerce by edict.
4. a restraint or hindrance; prohibition.
v.t.
5. to impose an embargo on.
[ 1595-1605; embargar to hinder, embarrass imbarricare, equiv. to im- IM- 1 + -barricare (* barr ( a ) BAR 1 + -icare causative suffix) ]
Syn. 4. ban, restriction, interdiction, postscription.