disbar

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ bar

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈbɑː(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Verb

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

1. (law, transitive) 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.
2. (transitive) To exclude (a person) from something.
   • 1896, “Two More Disbarred: Bloomingston and Lowney Out of College Athletics; Action Taken by Board of Control Last Night”, in 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 […]

Derived terms

• disbarment

Translations

to expel from the bar, or the legal profession

• Finnish: erottaa asianajajan virasta (general), erottaa Asianajajaliitosta (Finland; all attorneys must be part of Asianajajaliitto, and removal from it is equivalent to disbarment)
• German: die Zulassung entziehen, die Anwaltslizenz entziehen
• Irish: díbharraigh

Anagrams

• Bairds, bidars, braids, rabids