disbar

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disbar (third-person singular simple present disbars, present participle disbarring, simple past and past participle disbarred)

(law) To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his or her status and privileges as such.
To exclude someone from something.
- 1896, Two More Disbarred: Bloomingston and Lowney Out of College Athletics; Action Taken by Board of Control Last Night, Detroit Free Press, page 6
  
  The friends of Holmes have been criticising the action of the board in disbarring him on the ground that it was too severe...