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Measure lawyers try to ban (7)

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I believe the answer is:

embargo

'ban' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'measure lawyers try' is the wordplay.
'measure' becomes 'em' (em is a kind of measure).
'lawyers' becomes 'bar' (I've seen this before).
'try' becomes 'go' (go is a kind of try).
'em'+'bar'+'go'='EMBARGO'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for embargo that I've seen before include "Commercial break" , "Trade sanction" , "Trade stoppage" , "Ban on commerce - mob rage (anag)" , "Admiralty order" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, The Telegraph and The Globe and Mail.
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