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 Listen to this article Loading your audio article A Passover message to Benjamin Netanyahu: Stop Visby, Gotland, Sweden: Bibi, cease and desist your endless war on Gaza and its people! —

Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2024 Indiana University has issued a cease and desist order against Tau Epsilon Phi's IU chapter. —

Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Feb. 2024 And our own view is that the government here in Beijing ought to be giving strong advice to the Russians to cease and desist from this barbaric war against the people of Ukraine. —

Nicholas Burns, Foreign Affairs, 26 Oct. 2022 An email to the department requesting comment on the cease and desist letter wasn’t immediately returned. —

Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cease and desist

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