as in to censor
to remove objectionable parts from
the newspaper had to expurgate the expletive-laden speech that the criminal made upon being sentenced to life imprisonment
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Recent Examples of expurgate
Mr. Jang’s name has been expurgated from all official records in the North.
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Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2016
The movie’s climactic punch line was repeatedly expurgated and reinstated during previews.
—J. Hoberman, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2016
Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2016
The movie’s climactic punch line was repeatedly expurgated and reinstated during previews.
—J. Hoberman, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2016
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China’s quick move to censor the social media accounts of Chinese fighters in Russia is to have been expected, according to Maria Repnikova, the Georgia State University expert.—
Yong Xiong, Todd Symons,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2025
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Further, the potential for politicians to weaponize the takedown system to censor criticism should not be ignored, the EFF warned in another blog.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Expurgate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expurgate. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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