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• Trump Fined $5,000 for Breaking Gag Order by Leaving Abusive Post Online

gagging order

noun

LAW

noun: gag order

1. a judge's directive forbidding the public disclosure of information on a particular matter.

   "the council was forced to abandon an attempt to impose a gagging order on this newspaper on Friday"

Special Counsel Seeking Gag Order on Trump in Election Case

Prosecutors have asked Judge Tanya Chutkan to curb statements from Donald Trump that could intimidate witnesses or lead to harassment of others in the case.

gag verb (PREVENT FROM TALKING)

 

[ T ] 

to put a gag on someone's mouth:

He was bound and gagged and left in a cell for three days.

 

[ T often passive ] 

to prevent a person or organization from talking or writing about a particular subject:

The media has obviously been gagged because nothing has been reported.