disbar

[ dis-bahr ]
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verb (used with object),dis·barred, dis·bar·ring.
  1. to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.

Origin of disbar

1
First recorded in 1625–35; dis-1 + bar1

Other words for disbar

Other words from disbar

  • dis·bar·ment, noun
  • un·dis·barred, adjective

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How to use disbar in a sentence

  • Within a week, not only were the judge's difficulties relieved, but the proposed disbarment proceedings were dropped.

    A Man of Two Countries | Alice Harriman
  • A failure, of course, meant disbarment from the Andover game—the loss of Stover, who was the strength of the whole left side.

    The Varmint | Owen Johnson
  • "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: Center | Edith Bancroft
  • Yet Mr. Tutt had brought disbarment proceedings against many lawyers in his time and—what is more—had them disbarred.

    Tutt and Mr. Tutt | Arthur Train

British Dictionary definitions for disbar

disbar

/ (dɪsˈbɑː) /


verb-bars, -barring or -barred (tr) law
  1. to deprive of the status of barrister; expel from the Bar

usage For disbar

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

Derived forms of disbar

  • disbarment, noun

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