disbar
[dis-bahr]
verb (used with object), dis·barred, dis·bar·ring.
to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
Origin of disbar
Synonyms for disbar
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Related Words for disbarment
expulsion, removal, eviction, overthrow, interruption, layoff, halt, stoppage, period, postponement, freeze, break, moratorium, termination, ignominy, humiliation, dishonor, degradation, disrespect, scornExamples from the Web for disbarment
Contemporary Examples of disbarment
She has been threatened with disbarment, imprisonment, and worse.
The article states that the agency could have voted sanctions against Maco ranging from censure to disbarment.
Historical Examples of disbarment
"And disbarment proceedings about to be instituted," finished Latimer.
A Man of Two CountriesAlice Harriman
A suit for libel and disbarment proceedings were started against him.
The Centralia ConspiracyRalph Chaplin
Disbarment is an extreme penalty in both countries, inflicted only for moral turpitude amounting usually to crime.
A Philadelphia Lawyer in the London CourtsThomas Leaming
"They both tumbled into the lake," fired in a freshman who never should have spoken, but was too new to know of her disbarment.
Jane Allen: CenterEdith Bancroft
"Electrocuted by his own machine rather than face disgrace and disbarment," cut in Craig.
The Social GangsterArthur B. Reeve
disbar
verb -bars, -barring or -barred (tr) law
usage
Disbar is sometimes wrongly used where debar is meant: he was debarred (not disbarred) from attending meetings
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