Foreclose
Foreclose , transitive verb
[French forclos, past participle of forclore to exclude; Old French fors, French hors, except, outside (from Latin foris outside) + French clore to close. See Foreign, and Close, transitive verb]
To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.
The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade.
Collocations (2)
To foreclose a mortgager (Law) , to cut him off by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises, termed his equity of redemption.
To foreclose a mortgage , (not technically correct, but often used to signify) the obtaining a judgment for the payment of an overdue mortgage, and the exposure of the mortgaged property to sale to meet the mortgage debt. — Wharton