expunction

noun

ex·​punc·​tion ik-ˈspəŋ(k)-shən 

: the act of expunging : the state of being expunged : erasure

Examples of expunction in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Sun Sentinel previously reported that the bill would increase privacy measures for victims, hiding all records related to their expunctions from public view. — Spencer Norris, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2023

The funds could be used both on their defenses in criminal cases and to cover costs associated with getting an expunction, according to the bill. — Spencer Norris, Sun Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2023

Democratic State Senators Lauren Book and Daphne Campbell introduced a similar bill for the 2018 legislative session that would have created a trust fund, though without public assistance on expunction petitions. — Spencer Norris, Sun Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2023

Only eight expunction petitions were filed in Broward County between November 2021 and July 2022, according to the Broward County Clerk of Courts. — Brittany Wallman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2022

Word History

Etymology

Latin expungere

First Known Use

1606, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for expunction

• adjunction
• compunction
• conjunction
• disjunction
• dysfunction
• injunction
• malfunction
• eigenfunction
• multifunction
• function
• junction
• unction

Legal Definition

expunction

noun

ex·​punc·​tion ik-ˈspəŋk-shən 

: the act of expunging : the state of being expunged