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- 1. a judge's order that a case may not be discussed in public: "the council was forced to abandon an attempt to impose a gag order on this newspaper on Friday"
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Legal order restricting making public of information or comments
A gag order is an order, typically a legal order by a court or government, restricting information or comment from being made public or passed onto any unauthorized third party. The phrase may sometimes be used of a private order by an employer or other institution. Wikipedia