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

States that have issued him cease and desist orders or similar legal action include Connecticut, Iowa, North Carolina, Washington, Massachusetts, Oregon, Nevada, Virginia, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, California and Arkansas, authorities said. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026

The union a week later proceeded to send a cease and desist to hinder the hospital from implementing the scheduling change. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026

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

Rhymes for cease and desist

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