disbarment

🇺🇸 /dɪsˈbɑːrmənt/ 🇬🇧 /dɪsˈbɑːmənt/
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The act of taking away a lawyer's license to practice law, usually due to serious wrongdoing.

The lawyer was threatened with disbarment after being caught in a fraud scheme.

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n. The act of taking away a lawyer's license to practice law, usually due to serious wrongdoing.

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Plural disbarments