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counterembargo en · NOUN

Etymology

From counter- + embargo.

Meanings

1. An embargo that a nation sets up in response to another embargo against it.
   • At the same time, the Republic of Cyprus is stymied by a counterembargo by Turkey on its ships and planes, denying them access to the giant and lucrative Turkish market, its closest neighbor. 2015 August 31, Jonathan Gorvett, “Cyprus Hopes Reunification Talks Will Revive a Resort, Population 0”, in New York Times:

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