Difference between prohibit and embargo
Definitions
verb
- command against
Examples
Posting of slanderous, libelous, abusive or defamatory material is totally prohibited.
Posting of slanderous, libelous, abusive or defamatory material is totally prohibited.
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.
Definitions
noun
- a government order imposing a trade barrier
verb
- ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons
- prevent commerce
Examples
It would be a gesture of embargo, a concession to the politics of ostracism.
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?
