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 months later, Giuliani was disbarred in Washington, D.C.
Giuliani is also grappling with criminal cases in Georgia and Arizona over election subversion efforts.
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Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
In 2009, disbarred Lexington attorney William Gallion was found guilty of defrauding hundreds of his clients out of tens of millions of dollars they were owed in the settlement of a lawsuit over the diet drug fen-phen, which was pulled from the market over potential damage to heart valves.
—Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 23 Dec. 2024
The charges were later dismissed and Nifong was disbarred.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Two months later, Giuliani was disbarred in Washington, D.C.
Giuliani also faces criminal cases in Georgia and Arizona over election subversion efforts, and he was also hit with defamation lawsuits from voting technology companies Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
In 2009, disbarred Lexington attorney William Gallion was found guilty of defrauding hundreds of his clients out of tens of millions of dollars they were owed in the settlement of a lawsuit over the diet drug fen-phen, which was pulled from the market over potential damage to heart valves.
—Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 23 Dec. 2024
The charges were later dismissed and Nifong was disbarred.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Two months later, Giuliani was disbarred in Washington, D.C.
Giuliani also faces criminal cases in Georgia and Arizona over election subversion efforts, and he was also hit with defamation lawsuits from voting technology companies Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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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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