cease and desist
Stop, leave off doing something, as in: “Bliss excavated at least once on his own and Dr. Brand ... told him to cease and desist” (Douglas Preston quoting Frank Hibben, The New Yorker, June 12, 1995). This legal term is a redundancy, since cease and desist mean virtually the same thing, but often appears in legal documents to avoid possible misinterpretation. [c. 1920]
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What does "scattergood" mean?
a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; spendthrift.
a well-intentioned but naive and often ineffectual social or political reformer.
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ce, cea, ceanothus, ceará, cease, cease and desist, cease-and-desist order, cease-fire, ceasefire, ceaseless, ceauşescu
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Example sentences from the Web for cease and desist
It is a place where cease-and-desist letters are hung on the wall with pride.
New York Post Looks Thinner After News Corporation Split|David Freedlander|July 18, 2013|DAILY BEASTCease-and-desist requests—whether formal legal orders or verbal rants—are hardly rare in politics.
The Long, Strange U-Turn of Twisted Sister’s ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’|Kevin Fallon|August 24, 2012|DAILY BEASTAs a result, DeRose sent Jose a cease-and-desist order in September.
Paul Babeu, Immigration Hawk Sheriff, Outed by Alleged Mexican Gay Lover|Terry Greene Sterling|February 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST