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Embargo (disambiguation)

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The term embargo commonly refers to economic sanctions, the partial or complete prohibition of commerce and trade with a particular country.

It may also refer to:

  • Arms embargo, an embargo that applies to weaponry
  • News embargo or press embargo, in journalism and public relations, a request by a source that the information or news provided by that source not be published until a certain date or certain conditions have been met
  • Embargo (academic publishing), a period during which access to publications is not allowed to certain types of users
  • Embargo (film), a 2010 Portuguese film
  • Embargo (rail), a halt to all traffic on a damaged section (embargoed track) of a rail line not safely passable at any speed
  • "The Embargo," a poem written by the American poet William Cullen Bryant in 1808
  • Baggage embargo, a limitation on checked baggage