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expunge

Legal Definition of expunge

Verb

To physically erase; to white or strike out. To "expunge" something from a court record means to remove every reference to it from the court file.

Definition of expunge

Etymology

expungere

Verb

to expunge (third-person singular simple present expunges, present participle expunging, simple past and past participle expunged)

To erase or strike out.
To eliminate completely; annihilate.
To completely remove leaving no trace.
(computing) To completely erase a file, document or directory from a computer system.

Derived terms

expunction

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