Synonyms for gag order
gag or·der

Princeton's WordNet

1. gag ordernoun

   a court order restricting information or comment by the participants involved in a lawsuit

   "imposing a gag order on members of the press violates the First Amendment"

Matched Categories

1. • Court Order
   • Law

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1. Richard Waites:

   One of the things that I am seeing, not just in Baltimore but in other places, is an overuse of gag orders, the proper use of a gag order is to protect a party's rights of some kind. To protect information from going out to the public because it might cause problems -- I don't think that's a proper use of gag orders.

2. Darrien Hunt:

   To me it was a gag order — 'Here's some hush money, don't ever say Darrien's name again,'.

3. Adrianna Rice:

   I felt like a gag order had been placed on me after I had already experienced a trauma.

4. Allen Welch:

   They tell me it will take another day or two to get through. That's absolutely all I know. I have a gag order in place for anything from the grand jury.

5. Katherine Miller:

   Kim could try asking the court fora gag order restricting both partiesfrom airing their grievances publicly during the divorce, but I doubt she would be successful, free speech is valued in this country, and Kim would have to show a risk of grievous harm in order to be successful.