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disbar
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dis·bar  (ds-bär)
tr.v. dis·barred, dis·bar·ring, dis·bars
To expel (an attorney) from the practice of law by official action or procedure.
dis·barment n.
disbar
Verb
[-barring, -barred] to deprive (a barrister) of the right to practise
USAGE: Disbar is sometimes wrongly used where debar is meant: he was debarred (not disbarred) from attending meetings.
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Verb1.disbar - remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action; "The corrupt lawyer was disbarred"
practice of law, law - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale"
disqualify - declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete"


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