(v) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets), Syn. immobilize, immobilise, block, Ant. unfreeze, unblock, Example:Blocked funds; Freeze the assets of this hostile government
[うごかす, ugokasu] (v5s, vt) (1) to move; to shift; to operate; to set in motion; to mobilize; to mobilise; (2) to inspire; to rouse; to move (e.g. feeling); to influence; (3) to deny; to change; (P)#11665