cease and desist

idiom

formal

: to stop (doing something) immediately

The company was ordered by the court to cease and desist from selling the photographs.

Examples of cease and desist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Last year, Drake himself used AI vocal filters to perform as the late Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg during his beef with Kendrick Lamar, but was quickly served a cease and desist by the Shakur estate, forcing him to take the song down. —Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 17 June 2025

Will people obey this new law and stop eating this ingredient, cease and desist from mixing its powder with their milk, sprinkling it onto their ice-cream? —Walter E Block, Orange County Register, 22 Mar. 2025

Three days after receiving his company’s cease and desist letter, Underdog Founder and CEO Jeremy Levine pointed out the inconsistency on the platform X. —Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025

And on April 28, Reid’s lawyer, Charlie Spies, sent Matthew Moran, executive director of Spirit of Virginia, a cease and desist letter. —Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 2 May 2025

Rhymes for cease and desist

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• dismissed
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• exist
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• oocyst
• persist
• resist