disbar
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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
Example Sentences
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In addition to courts penalizing attorneys for inappropriate filings, bar association disciplinary authorities in multiple states have initiated proceedings to suspend or disbar those attorneys from practicing law in their jurisdictions.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2024
Officials in Georgia had been weighing whether to disbar Wood over his efforts, holding a disciplinary trial earlier this year.
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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