cease and desist

phrase

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

Netflix, Disney and others fired off cease and desist letters, and ByteDance (which also owns TikTok) promised to do better. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026

Chesterton’s Board of Zoning Appeals faced the unusual situation Thursday of handling two cases that involved an administrative appeal of a cease and desist order issued by the town’s building commissioner. — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026

Even Tamra Judge, who famously threw red wine and a cease and desist letter at Jeana during a 2011 confrontation, sent support to her former costar with a $500 donation. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 20 July 2026

On Thursday, the Instagram account for a lecture series in Newport Beach, CA posted a photo of what appeared to be a cease and desist letter from the surveillance technology company Flock Safety. — Jay Peters, The Verge, 11 July 2026

Rhymes for cease and desist

• assist
• blacklist
• booklist
• checklist
• consist
• dismissed
• enlist
• exist
• insist
• oocyst
• persist
• resist