/ ˈekspəgeɪt; NAmE -pərg-/ verb
[ vn ] [ usually passive ] ( formal ) to remove or leave out parts of a piece of writing or a conversation when printing or reporting it, because you think those parts could offend people
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent. (in the sense purge of excrement): from Latin expurgat- thoroughly cleansed, from the verb expurgare , from ex- out + purgare cleanse.