disbar

 
Pronunciation: /dɪsˈbɑː/

verb (disbars, disbarring, disbarred)

[with object]
  • 1expel (a barrister) from the Bar, so that they no longer have the right to practise law: a disciplinary tribunal directed that he should be disbarred
  • 2exclude (someone) from something: competitors wearing rings will be disbarred from competition

Derivatives

disbarment

noun

Origin:

mid 16th century (in disbar (sense 2)): from dis- 'away' + bar1