Definition of disbar
transitive verb
: to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges
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The court had similarly disbarred two other opposition legislators in November.
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Bailey later was disbarred in Massachusetts and Florida for misconduct, and as of 2014 had given up seeking readmission to the bar.
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Brodsky is hoping to avoid a fine and a referral to either the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission or to a federal court committee that could disbar him.
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Because Williams admitted to bribery, Stretton said, he likely will be permanently disbarred.
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September 2015: Bujak gives up his law license in response to an Idaho State Bar complaint seeking to disbar him.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Ohio Supreme Court's Board of Professional Conduct has recommended that former Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Lance Mason be permanently disbarred.
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He was disbarred in 2009, but continued his activism and helped publicize the plight of lawyers arrested in the sweeping crackdown that began in July 2015.
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He was disbarred in Maryland in 2012 based on his felony conviction and must petition for reinstatement of his law license.
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playDefinition of disbar for English Language Learners
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: to take away the right of (a lawyer) to work in the legal profession
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