economic sanctions

plural noun

1. any actions taken by one nation or group of nations to harm the economy of another nation or group, often to force a political change

Example Sentences

It has not made a single public reprimand of the UAE and the prospect of actions – used in other conflicts - such as economic sanctions is zero.

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It would also lead to economic sanctions, and the banning of its members from entering the US.

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This same approach had been deployed at the U.N. against apartheid South Africa beginning in 1962 and led to economic sanctions, growing isolation and international pressure on the white-dominated government.

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In practice, this meant backing a quixotic bid for president by a now-forgotten opposition lawmaker, while at the same imposing a harsh set of economic sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry, the lifeblood of the economy.

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It enforced a decades-long embargo against communist Cuba — while also launching a botched invasion of the island and trying to assassinate its leader —and imposed economic sanctions on left-wing adversaries in Nicaragua and Venezuela.

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