Definition of "embargoed" [embargoed]

• Simple past tense and past participle of embargo. (verb)

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• "Also, science press releases are "embargoed" - employees of major press outlets get to see them first, bloggers have to wait."
• "The book was treated by HarperCollins as if it were the next Harry Potter - "embargoed" until Oct. 1, the first day of the Supreme Court's fall term -- a total clampdown that made it impossible for anyone to buy the book until Monday morning."
• "Last year, they somehow got an early copy of the last Harry Potter into Michiko Kakutani's hands; now reporter Dinitia Smith has broken into S&S/Margaret K. McElderry headquarters to swipe a copy of the "embargoed" Peter Pan in Scarlet."