expurgate
- v edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
- It seemed unfair to burden Riyadh with the legacy of its most notorious son especially since the city wants so badly to expurgate him from its self-image.
- They were asked whether, in their opinion, PTI should expurgate its Air Express edition.
- But the reliance on academic jargon, or rather the trend towards failing to expurgate it, is a reflection of insecurity on a personal and an institutional level.