cease and desist vs pull the plug

cease and desist

verb
  • To stop and not resume an action. 

noun
  • A demand that one stop and not resume continuing a certain behavior, such as copyright infringement, trademark infringement, slander, or libel. 

pull the plug

verb
  • to cease to support; to halt 

  • to cease or turn off life support 

  • to unplug or cut power 

  • to cease production or publication. 

How often have the words cease and desist and pull the plug occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )