cease and desist

idiom

formal

: to stop (doing something) immediately

The company was ordered by the court to cease and desist from selling the photographs.

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The smoke shop had been previously sent cease and desist orders, and similar contraband was recovered from a late December inspection there, authorities said. —

Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2025 More:Xavier wins this one: Why Middle Tennessee school picked Musketeers mascot after rival Cincinnati Bearcats send cease and desist The results from a community-wide search for a new mascot were announced in a news conference on Monday. —

Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 13 Dec. 2024 Days later, Trump’s real-life lawyers filed a cease and desist letter threatening to sue the producers and any future distributors of The Apprentice. —

Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024 The state also issued cease and desist orders to three other tribally affiliated lenders, which exited the state as well. —

Joel Jacobs, ProPublica, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for cease and desist

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