DISBAR


Meaning of DISBAR in English

/ dɪsˈbɑː(r); NAmE / verb

( -rr- ) [ vn ] [ usually passive ] disbar sb (from sth / from doing sth) to stop a lawyer from working in the legal profession, especially because he or she has done sth illegal

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 16th cent. (originally in the general sense to exclude someone from something): from dis- away + bar .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.