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Embargo

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trade stoppagenouna government order imposing a trade barrier
trade embargonouna government order imposing a trade barrier

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trade embargonouna government order imposing a trade barrier
trade stoppagenouna government order imposing a trade barrier
sequestrationnounThe process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
confiscationnounThe act or process of confiscating.
forfeiturenoun(law) The loss of forfeit property.
prohibitionnounA law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.
exclusionnounThe act of excluding or shutting out; removal from consideration or taking part.
banningnounThe act by which something is banned; a prohibition.
prohibitverb(transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
arrestnoun(law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
closurenounAn event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
restrainverb(transitive) To control or keep in check.
restrainingnounThe act by which someone or something is restrained.
restraintnoun(uncountable) control or caution; reserve
seizurenoun(medicine, pathology) A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).
moratoriumnounA suspension of an ongoing activity.
blockingnounThe act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
lockdownnounThe confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.
obstructionnounThe act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
lockoutnoun(labour) The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.

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