debarment

  1. Noun.  The act, an instance of debarring.
  2. Noun.  (US, legal) In the United States Food and Drugs Act, a penalty imposed on persons or companies that commit crimes in connection with applications for approval of drugs, in which such persons are barred from submitting or assisting in the submission of such an application.

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