hostile embargo
1hostile embargo — An embargo directed against the ships of a present or prospective enemy nation. See embargo …
2hostile embargo — noun : a government s embargo on the movement of enemy ships compare civil embargo …
3hostile embargo — One laid upon the vessels of an actual or prospective enemy …
4hostile embargo — One laid upon the vessels of an actual or prospective enemy …
5Embargo — Em*bar go, n.; pl. {Embargoes}. [Sp., fr. embargar to arrest, restrain; pref. em (L. in) + Sp. barra bar, akin to F. barre bar. See {Bar}.] An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the …
6embargo — The exclusion of an article from interstate or foreign commerce. 15 Am J2d Corn §§ 73 75. An edict or order of a government forbidding the entry or departure of ships at ports within the dominions of the government, sometimes imposed in carrying… …
7embargo — /em bahr goh/, n., pl. embargoes, v., embargoed, embargoing. n. 1. an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports. 2. an injunction from a government commerce agency to refuse freight for shipment, as …
8civil embargo — noun : a government s embargo on the movement of ships under its own registry compare hostile embargo * * * civil embargo, a restraint placed by a country on its own people and property to prevent vital materials from being shipped to warring… …
9Embargoes — Embargo Em*bar go, n.; pl. {Embargoes}. [Sp., fr. embargar to arrest, restrain; pref. em (L. in) + Sp. barra bar, akin to F. barre bar. See {Bar}.] An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or… …
10international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
