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disbar verb [ dɪsˈbɑː ]

• expel (a barrister) from the Bar, so that they no longer have the right to practise law.
• "a disciplinary tribunal directed that he should be disbarred"
• exclude (someone) from something.
• "competitors wearing rings will be disbarred from competition"
Origin: mid 16th century (in disbar (sense 2)): from dis- ‘away’ + bar1.


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