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gag order

gag order noun: an order issued by a court prohibiting specified persons from discussing a case outside limitations set by the court.

Noun

gag order (plural gag orders)

  1. An order issued by a court prohibiting specified persons from discussing a case outside limitations set by the court.
    • Nonetheless, Mr. Trump has continued apace with comments that test the limits of what he can say. Two days after the hearing, prosecutors offered four new instances in which they said he had violated the gag order.2024 April 28, Maggie Haberman, Jonah E. Bromwich, “Trump’s Trial Could Bring a Rarity: Consequences for His Words”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  2. (informal) Any directive from a person in authority prohibiting another person from speaking about a certain thing.

Forms of gag order

pluralgag orders

Questions about gag order

What does gag order mean?
Gag order means an order issued by a court prohibiting specified persons from discussing a case outside limitations set by the court.
What part of speech is gag order?
Gag order is a noun.
What is the plural of gag order?
The plural of gag order is gag orders.

Words near gag order in the dictionary

  1. gag a maggot
  2. gag gift
  3. gag gifts
  4. gag it
  5. gag me with a spoon
  6. gag order
  7. gag orders
  8. gag reel
  9. gag reels
  10. gag reflex
  11. gag reflexes

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