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cease-and-desist order
[ sees-uhn-di-zist, -sist ]
noun
- an order by a government agency to a person or corporation to terminate a business practice found by the agency to be illegal or unfair.
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of cease-and-desist order1
Example Sentences
That podcast episode was removed, Roosa wrote, after Henley allegedly served a cease-and-desist order.
People Magazine reported Henry had issued a cease-and-desist order last week against Payne after she alleged he repeatedly contacted her.
Henry had filed a cease-and-desist order against Payne, alleging he had repeatedly contacted her, People reported.
A week later, passersby reported seeing continued work, prompting the coastal commission to send Sable a cease-and-desist order.
The following January, Sánchez went public with her own project, going on to publish her book last week despite a cease-and-desist order Zabel obtained in April against Sánchez’s publisher the Collective Book Studio.
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