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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The government cannot censor speech that is false but does not lead to a specific, identifiable harm.—
Michael Gregory,
The Conversation,
17 Apr. 2025
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For all its bravado about withstanding the American tariffs, China was also censoring criticisms of its own move to impose retaliatory tariffs.—
David Pierson,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Expurgate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expurgate. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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