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expunge

/ɪkˈspʌndʒ/  ·  say it: ik·SPUNJ

to erase a conviction from a legal record

In Law & Justice

In more detail

1. (verb) to completely remove or erase something, especially from a record or memory

2. (verb) in law, to officially remove a criminal record so that it no longer appears in public documents

Examples

• 1. The court agreed to expunge the conviction from his criminal record after he completed the program.
• 2. Time cannot expunge these terrible memories from my mind.

Nearby in Law & Justice

culpable, disclosure, estoppel, forensic, injunctive relief, interrogatory