revoke charter

Frequency: 4.01.1 per million words

to officially cancel a charter (a formal document granting rights or privileges)

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Examples (10)

  • The government decided to revoke the company's charter due to fraudulent activities.
  • The city council has the power to revoke a non-profit organization's charter.
  • They threatened to revoke the club's charter if rules were continuously broken.
  • After repeated violations, the board voted to revoke the university's charter.
  • A formal hearing was held to determine whether to revoke the organization's charter.
  • The state can revoke a corporate charter under specific circumstances.
  • If the school fails to meet standards, its charter may be revoked.
  • The committee recommended that the national body revoke the local chapter's charter.
  • The new legislation makes it easier to revoke the charter of problematic institutions.
  • Historically, monarchs would sometimes revoke city charters as a form of punishment.