Difference between prohibit and embargo

prohibit

Definitions

verb

  1. command against

Examples

If you have more than the duty-free allowance or prohibited goods, you go through the red channel and declare them to a customs officer.

I think you could get aroundthe police strategy discussed above by Orin Kerr arrest the potential non-consenting guy first with this sort of blanket prohibition.

There is no law that prohibits the financial manager from introducing data which are not in the company accounts.

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embargo

Definitions

noun

  1. a government order imposing a trade barrier

verb

  1. ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons
  2. prevent commerce

Examples

Anyway, it may be that Iain posted this pre-embargo with the full consent of the party machine.

So, should the media have the right to ignore a news embargo and break a story early if the information is leaked from another source?

Part of the trouble was that there wasn't very much else to write about, as the nature of the content between the covers was embargoed until the eve of publication day - today.

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