Embargoing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Embargo \Em*bar"go\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embargoed}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Embargoing}.]
     To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from
     leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.
     [1913 Webster]