Expunge (Verb)
Meaning
Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The court decided to expunge the defendant's prior convictions from their record due to their excellent behavior.
- The editor chose to expunge the entire paragraph as it was deemed irrelevant to the rest of the article.
- Expunge this sentence from the speech as it may be misinterpreted by the audience.
- The documents were sealed and ordered to expunge the identifying information of the witnesses.
- Lawyers argued that the judge should expunge the jury's statements to prevent potential future bias.