disbarred; disbarring; disbars
: to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges
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The bankruptcy case’s dismissal comes 10 days after the state of New York disbarred Giuliani for his widespread lies about voter fraud leading to Trump’s defeat in 2020 to President Joe Biden.
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 12 July 2024
Crosby later applied to a California law firm in June 2022 — at which point he’d been disbarred and arrested — identifying himself as Rich Williams and using his father’s Social Security number.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
Washington — Rudy Giuliani, who served as former President Donald Trump's personal attorney, was disbarred from practicing law in New York on Tuesday after he was found to have spread falsehoods about the integrity of the 2020 presidential election.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 2 July 2024
How eight of his closest associates have been sentenced to prison and many more have been disbarred or otherwise shamed?
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 10 June 2024
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 12 July 2024
Crosby later applied to a California law firm in June 2022 — at which point he’d been disbarred and arrested — identifying himself as Rich Williams and using his father’s Social Security number.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
Washington — Rudy Giuliani, who served as former President Donald Trump's personal attorney, was disbarred from practicing law in New York on Tuesday after he was found to have spread falsehoods about the integrity of the 2020 presidential election.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 2 July 2024
How eight of his closest associates have been sentenced to prison and many more have been disbarred or otherwise shamed?
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 10 June 2024
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disbar
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dis·bar
dis-ˈbär 
disbarred; disbarring
: to deprive (a lawyer) of the right to work in the legal profession
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