disemploy

[ dis-em-ploi ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.

Origin of disemploy

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

Other words from disemploy

  • dis·em·ploy·ment, noun

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