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to embargo

to embargo

7.4
To tell people not to publish information or documents until a set time
  • verb
  • /ɪmˈbɑrɡoʊ/
  • Jargon
translation icon : poner bajo embargo
  • So we're not really sure what Andy wants embargoed at this point, but it seems to be leaking its own information, so great.

Examples

  • The government decided to embargo the release of the report due to national security concerns.

  • And if if so, is that embargo on the negotiating table?

  • And now I've just totally blown that embargo, but watch for it.

  • According to Hill, Calvert, and Fleming, they believe that this decision by the publisher to embargo certain titles accounts for the 11 percent spike in journal requests.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Journalists were instructed to embargo any information about the new policy until the official announcement.

  • The publisher opted to embargo the book's data until its formal launch date next month.

Synonyms

to prohibit
vsto embargo
299 3.3

To officially say that something is not allowed by law

applies only to stopping publication or release for security or copyright reasons
to interdict
vsto embargo
  • Formal
4 9.4

To stop someone or something by an official order

is specific to banning publication or document release rather than general prohibition
to embargoed
vsto embargo
  • Formal
6.2

To officially stop trade or the release of information, goods and services

focuses specifically on stopping publication or document release for security or copyright

Antonyms

to release
925 1.8

To make a product or information available to the public

Compounds

trade embargo
  • Formal
7 5.9

An official government order stopping trade with a country or some goods

How Strict

to embargo
  • Jargon
7.4
to prohibit
299 3.3
to suppress
176 4.8
to withhold
210 5.1
to delay
562 1.4

Surface Forms

embargo infinitive
embargoed past
embargoed past participle
embargoing present participle
embargoes third person singular

Etymology

Embargo comes from the Spanish verb embargar, meaning 'to block' or 'to seize', giving the picture of putting a bar across something. So to embargo information is to officially 'bar' its release until a set time.