Definition of "disbar" [dis•bar]

• To expel (an attorney) from the practice of law by official action or procedure. (verb-transitive)

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• "Vicks as yet to serve any real serious time, and he's getting off with a slap on the wrist - he engaged and facilitated an illegal crime that lead to the the torture and death of several animals - that alone should be enough to "disbar" him from playing professionally, if not condemn him to at least 10 years in prison."
• "He also said that if a bar association decides to disbar any of them, they will have a right to a public hearing and appeals, which could lead to disclosure of new information about how and why the legal framework of interrogation policies was crafted and implemented."
• "The Kentucky Bar Association voted to disbar Mr. Chesley, a Cincinnati-based attorney who was one of several lawyers involved in a $200 million 2001 settlement with a company that made the diet drug fen-phen."