Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gag_law

2 senses of gag law

Sense 1
closure, cloture, gag rule, gag law -- (a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body)
       => order, rules of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure -- (a body of rules followed by an assembly)

Sense 2
gag law -- (any law that limits freedom of the press)
       => law -- (legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping")

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