disbar
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsˈbɑː(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Verb
disbar (third-person singular simple present disbars, present participle disbarring, simple past and past participle disbarred)
- (law, transitive) To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his or her status and privileges as such.
- (transitive) To exclude (a person) from something.
- 1896, Two More Disbarred: Bloomingston and Lowney Out of College Athletics; Action Taken by Board of Control Last Night, Detroit Free Press, page 6
- The friends of Holmes have been criticising the action of the board in disbarring him on the ground that it was too severe […]
- 1896, Two More Disbarred: Bloomingston and Lowney Out of College Athletics; Action Taken by Board of Control Last Night, Detroit Free Press, page 6
Derived terms
Translations
to expel from the bar, or the legal profession
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