disbar
verb /dɪsˈbɑː(r)/
/dɪsˈbɑːr/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they disbar | /dɪsˈbɑː(r)/ /dɪsˈbɑːr/ |
| he / she / it disbars | /dɪsˈbɑːz/ /dɪsˈbɑːrz/ |
| past simple disbarred | /dɪsˈbɑːd/ /dɪsˈbɑːrd/ |
| past participle disbarred | /dɪsˈbɑːd/ /dɪsˈbɑːrd/ |
| -ing form disbarring | /dɪsˈbɑːrɪŋ/ /dɪsˈbɑːrɪŋ/ |
- disbar somebody (from something/from doing something) to stop a lawyer from working in the legal profession, especially because he or she has done something illegal
- He was disbarred from the practice of law in Florida.
- She was in danger of being disbarred after allegations of fraud.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally in the general sense to exclude someone from something): from dis- ‘away’ + bar.