From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgag orderˈgag ˌorder noun [countable] SCLPREVENTan order made by the court to prevent any public reporting of a case which is still being considered by a court of law
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gag order• He also argued family planning clinics should not be bound by a gag order preventing them from counseling patients on abortion.• Police, citing a gag order in the drug trial, declined to answer questions about why Hernandez allegedly wanted Irvin killed.• The judge in the case has clamped a gag order on all participants and seems very serious about it.• A Republican abortion rights group calls it a virtual gag order.• Under a virtual gag order thanks to Intel marketing, P5 architect Don Alpert couldn't answer questions substantively. 