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gag order

noun as in court order

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"I agreed to a one-year gag order, which seemed important to the prince because it ensured his mother's Platinum Jubilee would not be tarnished any more than it already had been," she writes.

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He was released to house arrest after 183 days and has been under a media gag order since.

Under the current gag order, the documents are exempt from Freedom of Information Act requests.

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A gag order in the case prevented those close to the investigation from speaking out.

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How was the gag order for law enforcement and other key people close to the case a challenge in telling your story?

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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