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Definition of 'economic embargo'

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economic embargo in British English

(ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ IPA Pronunciation Guide)
noun
politics
a legal stoppage of commerce, usually taken by one nation or group of nations to harm the economy of another nation or group, often to force a political change
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Washington imposes an economic embargo.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In 2003 the invaders found a country in decay, the vaunted health and educational systems largely destroyed, thanks to the economic embargo of the 1990s.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
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