Synonyms

disbar

American

[dis-bahr] / dɪsˈbɑr /

verb (used with object)

disbarred, disbarring

to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.

Synonyms:

exclude, suspend, debar

disbar British

/ dɪsˈbɑː /

verb

to deprive of the status of barrister; expel from the Bar

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Usage

Disbar is sometimes wrongly used where debar is meant: he was debarred (not disbarred ) from attending meetings

Other Word Forms

disbarment noun
undisbarred adjective

Etymology

Origin of disbar

First recorded in 1625–35; dis- ¹ + bar ¹

Example Sentences

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While no further proceedings occurred in New York to permanently disbar Giuliani, the D.C.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2024

Maryland’s highest court unanimously voted to disbar Cassilly in 2021.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2023

But evidence of additional misconduct during Girardi’s decades of practicing law in California have since emerged, and in January, a State Bar court recommended the state Supreme Court disbar him.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2022

“The plan was to disbar me so I wouldn’t be relevant, and that by and large happened,” he says.

From The Verge • Mar. 10, 2022

Already he had started proceedings to disbar Kahn, as well as to prosecute him in the courts.

From The Ear in the Wall by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

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