disbarverb [ T ]
uk/dɪsˈbɑːr/us/dɪsˈbɑːr/-rr- specializedto make someone unable to continue working as a lawyer, especially because they have done something wrong
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Firing staff
- axe
- be out on your ear idiom
- chop
- constructive dismissal
- defrock
- delayering
- get the push idiom
- give sb the heave-ho idiom
- grass
- heave-ho
- invalid sb out
- lay sb off
- pension
- relieve
- removal
- remove
- retire
- sack
- sacking
- shakeout
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Examples from literature
- 'Do you want to get me disbarred?' asked Gideon.
- I could be disbarred if I was lawyer for both sides.
- If the barrister accepted a fee from a man suing for justice, he was disbarred.
- If the thing became known I should probably be disbarred and lose my overalls for it.
- The first thing you know, you'll get disbarred for stirring up litigation.