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to disbar
01
to exclude or prevent someone from participating in a certain activity or profession
Transitive: to disbar sb | to disbar sb from an activity
Examples
The teacher decided to disbar the disruptive student from participating in the class debate.
02
to officially remove a lawyer from the legal profession
Transitive: to disbar a lawyer
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
action verb
regular
present tense
disbar
3rd person singular
disbars
present participle
disbarring
past simple
disbarred
past participle
disbarred
Examples
The lawyer was disbarred after being convicted of fraud.
Lexical Tree
disbarment
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