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embargo, in journalism and public relations, a request by a source that the information or news provided by that source not be published until a certain date or certain conditions have been met Embargo (academic publishing), a period during which access to publications is not allowed to certain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