DISBAR (disbarred, disbarring)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

Irregular inflected forms: disbarred    , disbarring   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does disbar mean? 

• DISBAR (verb)
  The verb DISBAR has 1 sense:

1. remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action

  Familiarity information: DISBAR used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISBAR (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they disbar    ... he / she / it disbars   
Past simple: disbarred   
Past participle: disbarred   
-ing form: disbarring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

The corrupt lawyer was disbarred

Hypernyms (to "disbar" is one way to...):

disqualify (declare unfit)

Domain category:

law; practice of law (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

disbarment (the act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law)