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disbarring

disbarring is the present participle and gerund of disbar.

Meaning of disbar

Verb

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

  1. (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.
    • The friends of Holmes have been criticising the action of the board in disbarring him on the ground that it was too severe […]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

Noun

disbarring (plural disbarrings)

  1. A disbarment.
    • The peak years were 1933 and 1934, and the overwhelming majority of disbarrings were for stealing from clients and related offences.2015, Christopher Moore, The Law Society of Upper Canada and Ontario's Lawyers, 1797-1997

Forms of disbarring

pluraldisbarrings

Questions about disbarring

What does disbarring mean?
Disbarring means a disbarment.
What is disbarring the present participle and gerund of?
Disbarring is the present participle and gerund of disbar.
What part of speech is disbarring?
Disbarring is a noun.
What is the plural of disbarring?
The plural of disbarring is disbarrings.

Words near disbarring in the dictionary

  1. disbarments
  2. disbarrable
  3. disbarred
  4. disbarrer
  5. disbarrers
  6. disbarring
  7. disbarrings
  8. disbars
  9. disbase
  10. disbased
  11. disbases

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