1. official bans on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country
Usage: plural of embargo

1. imposes official bans on trade or commercial activity
Usage: third person singular present tense of embargo

Examples

• The United Nations imposed embargoes on several countries.
• Economic embargoes can severely impact a nation’s economy.
• The government embargoes all weapons sales to that region.
• Trade embargoes often affect innocent civilians the most.
• Congress voted to lift the embargoes after peace negotiations.
• The president embargoes certain luxury goods as punishment.
• Oil embargoes in the 1970s caused fuel shortages worldwide.