tighten embargo

Frequency: 6.78.8 per million words

To make the rules of an embargo more strict.

embargoVERB + NOUN

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tighten

Examples (10)

  • The coalition voted to tighten the economic embargo against the rogue state.
  • Following the breach of the treaty, there are calls to tighten the arms embargo.
  • The UN Security Council is considering measures to tighten the embargo on oil exports.
  • If the sanctions prove ineffective, the next step will be to tighten the embargo.
  • The embargo was tightened to include a ban on all financial transactions.
  • Historians argue that tightening the embargo only strengthened the dictator's resolve.
  • The foreign minister announced plans to tighten the existing trade embargo.
  • Despite efforts to tighten the embargo, smuggling across the border continues.
  • Will the international community agree to tighten the embargo further?
  • A new resolution has been passed to significantly tighten the embargo on technology transfers.