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disemploy

American

[dis-em-ploi] / ˌdɪs ɛmˈplɔɪ /

verb (used with object)

to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.

Other Word Forms

disemployment

noun

Etymology

Origin of disemploy

First recorded in 1610–20; dis- ¹ + employ

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