disbarred; disbarring; disbars
: to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges
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Two managing partners — Jessica in season six, Rachel’s father Robert Zane (Wendell Pierce) in season eight — were disbarred in order to protect Mike and Harvey’s own ability to practice law.
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Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
Many of your lawyers have been sanctioned, disciplined or disbarred, the courts ruled against you, and dozens of your own White House, administration, and campaign aides testified against you.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
Joseph Cassilly’s reputation was tarnished, however, two years after his retirement when he was disbarred by Maryland’s highest court for withholding evidence and lying about it over the years in a case known as the Memorial Day Murders, a 1981 double killing in Abingdon.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2025
Giuliani has been disbarred in New York and in Washington after his law license was stripped over his efforts aiding former President Donald Trump's bid to overturn the 2020 election.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
Many of your lawyers have been sanctioned, disciplined or disbarred, the courts ruled against you, and dozens of your own White House, administration, and campaign aides testified against you.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
Joseph Cassilly’s reputation was tarnished, however, two years after his retirement when he was disbarred by Maryland’s highest court for withholding evidence and lying about it over the years in a case known as the Memorial Day Murders, a 1981 double killing in Abingdon.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2025
Giuliani has been disbarred in New York and in Washington after his law license was stripped over his efforts aiding former President Donald Trump's bid to overturn the 2020 election.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Disbar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disbar. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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disbar
verb
dis·bar
dis-ˈbär 
disbarred; disbarring
: to deprive (a lawyer) of the right to work in the legal profession
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