different between contraband vs embargo

English

Etymology

From Spanish contrabanda (modern spelling contrabando), from Italian contrabando (modern spelling contrabbando), from contra (“against”) + bando (“ban”), and reinforced by French contrebande.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?n.t???bænd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?n.t???bænd/
• Rhymes: -ænd

Noun

contraband (usually uncountable, plural contrabands)

1. (uncountable) any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess
2. (uncountable) goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
3. (countable, US, historical) A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces.
   • 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford 2003, p. 497:

     While some Yanks treated contrabands with a degree of equity or benevolence, the more typical response was indifference, contempt, or cruelty.

Translations

Adjective

contraband (comparative more contraband, superlative most contraband)

1. prohibited from being traded
   • 1940 – The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America: Having ... – Division of the Federal Register, the National Archives – Page 2191

     "[...] when the seizure is made in connection with a violation involving a contraband article covered by section 1 (b) (1) of the said Act; [...]"

   • 1953 – United States, United States. President, United States. Congress – United States Code Congressional and Administrative News – Page 2039

     "The exclusion of mandatory payment of moieties for seizures of contraband controlled substances is accomplished through Section 17 of the bill, [...]"

   • 1899 – Albert William Chaster – The Powers, Duties and Liabilities of Executive Officers as Between These ... – Stevens and Haynes – Page 55

     "4. Contraband goods may be seized if found in a river before they are landed or offered for sale."

Verb

contraband (third-person singular simple present contrabands, present participle contrabanding, simple past and past participle contrabanded)

1. (obsolete) To import illegally; to smuggle.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)

2. (obsolete) To declare prohibited; to forbid.
   • Hudibras

     The law severely contrabands / Our taking business off men's hands.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Spanish embargar (“to arrest”), from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra. More at embarrass.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?b???o?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?b?????/
• Rhymes: -??(?)???

Noun

embargo (plural embargoes or embargos)

1. An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
2. A ban on trade with another country.
   • 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

     Instead he [Jefferson] proposed an embargo, an end to all trade between America and England.

3. A temporary ban on making certain information public.

   This copy of the federal budget is under embargo until 2 p.m.

Translations

Verb

embargo (third-person singular simple present embargoes, present participle embargoing, simple past and past participle embargoed)

1. (transitive) To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country.
2. (transitive) To impose an embargo on a document.

Anagrams

• Bergamo

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Spanish embargo

Noun

embargo

1. embargo.

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Czech

Etymology

From Spanish embargo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??mbar?o]
• Hyphenation: em?bar?go

Noun

embargo n

1. embargo (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
2. embargo (a ban on trade with another country)

Declension

Further reading

• embargo in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• embargo in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish embargo or French embargo (itself from Spanish), from Spanish embargar (“to arrest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m?b?r.?o?/
• Hyphenation: em?bar?go

Noun

embargo n (plural embargo's, diminutive embargootje n)

1. embargo (order prohibiting ships from leaving port)
2. embargo (ban on trade with another country)

   Synonym: handelsembargo

3. embargo (temporary ban or restriction on making certain information public)

Derived terms

• handelsembargo

Descendants

• Afrikaans: embargo
• ? Indonesian: embargo

Esperanto

Noun

embargo (accusative singular embargon, plural embargoj, accusative plural embargojn)

1. embargo

Finnish

Noun

embargo

1. embargo

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.ba?.?o/

Noun

embargo m (plural embargos)

1. embargo

Further reading

• “embargo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Ido

Noun

embargo (plural embargi)

1. embargo

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch embargo, from Spanish embargo or French embargo (itself from Spanish), from Spanish embargar (“to arrest”), from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m?bar?o]
• Hyphenation: èm?bar?go

Noun

embargo (plural embargo-embargo, first-person possessive embargoku, second-person possessive embargomu, third-person possessive embargonya)

1. embargo:
   1. an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
   2. a ban on trade with another country.
   3. a temporary ban on making certain information public.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “embargo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Noun

embargo m (plural embarghi)

1. embargo

Anagrams

• Bergamo, gambero

Polish

Etymology

From Spanish embargo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?bar.??/

Noun

embargo n

1. embargo (order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
2. embargo (ban on trade with another country)
3. embargo (temporary ban on making certain information public)

Declension

Further reading

• embargo in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• embargo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??ba??u/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??ba??u/
• Hyphenation: em?bar?go

Noun

embargo m (plural embargos)

1. embargo (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
2. embargo (a ban on trade with another country)

Romanian

Etymology

From French embargo.

Noun

embargo n (plural embargouri)

1. embargo

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

See embargar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /em?ba??o/, [?m?ba?.??o]
• Hyphenation: em?bar?go

Noun

embargo m (plural embargos)

1. embargo
2. trade embargo
3. distraint
4. seizure, freezing (juridical detention of goods)
5. foreclosure
6. repossession

Derived terms

• sin embargo

Related terms

• embargar

Swedish

Noun

embargo n

1. embargo

Declension