embargoed Definition

embargo
noun embargoes

1. An official order forbidding something, especially trade with another country.
2. The resulting stoppage, especially of trade.
3. Any restriction or prohibition.

Thesaurus: ban, bar, prohibition, stoppage, blockage, restriction, restraint, impediment, barrier, proscription.

verb embargoes, embargoed, embargoing

1. To place something under an embargo.
2. To take something for use by the state.

Etymology: 16c: from Spanish embargar to impede or restrain.