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Sanctions
Commercial and financial penalties applied by one or more countries against a self-governing state, group, or individual. It is almost always used in the plural in a political context.
Examples in context
The UN imposed trade sanctions on the country.
The UN imposed trade sanctions on the country.
Sanctions were lifted after the peace treaty.
Sanctions were lifted after the peace treaty.
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