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cease-and-desist order
[ sees-uhn-di-zist, -sist ]
/ ˈsis ən dɪˈzɪst, -ˈsɪst /
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noun
an order by a government agency to a person or corporation to terminate a business practice found by the agency to be illegal or unfair.
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Origin of cease-and-desist order
First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby cease-and-desist order
CEA, ceanothus, Ceará, cease, cease and desist, cease-and-desist order, ceased, cease-fire, ceaseless, Ceauşescu, Cebú
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