How to Use expunge in a Sentence

expunge

verb
Definition of expungenext
Synonyms for expungenext
  • The charges against King were dropped and the arrest expunged from his record.
    — David Harris, orlandosentinel.com, 2 July 2019
  • Writing the book was a way to expunge that shame in some regard.
    — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2022
  • For some, expunging the taint of the Saudis from the U.S. alliance system may be worth the price.
    — Mike Watson, National Review, 30 July 2019
  • The city was ordered to pay him back wages and expunge the suspension.
    — oregonlive, 15 Aug. 2020
  • That phrase, along with many others, has now been expunged.
    — Sue Mi Terry, Foreign Affairs, 16 May 2024
  • The pardon was found by a judge to be valid, but Arpaio fought on to try to get his offense expunged from court records.
    — Peter Blumberg, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Those who receive a pardon in the Buckeye State still have to ask a court to expunge or seal their record.
    — Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The Steelers hope to expunge the memory of that 48-37 loss to the Browns in January’s wild-card round.
    — cleveland, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The arrest has also since been expunged from Paige’s record.
    — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 20 June 2019
  • Scott's lawyer, Doug Norwood, said his believes the charge will be expunged from his record.
    — Kristi Nix, Houston Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2018
  • If Miller does not commit any more crimes for the next year, the case will be expunged from his record, the Globe reported.
    — Kassy Dillon, Fox News, 20 July 2023
  • Last August, the man accused of stalking Koehler asked a judge to expunge the stalking case.
    — Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Jan. 2022
  • McCabe asked the judge to compel the DOJ to provide him with back pay, his full pension, and to expunge his record.
    — Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Brandon Fox, Hendon’s lawyer, said the case will be expunged.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Of these requests, 84% were expunged and removed from the BrokerCheck site.
    — Gwynn Guilford, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2020
  • The Steelers will also want to expunge the memory of their 48-37 loss at Heinz Field in the playoff game.
    — cleveland, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Much stronger than runners and stalkers, clickers are tough to kill and even tougher to expunge from your dreams.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 20 Jan. 2023
  • From there, her record was expunged and police returned her $500.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The defendants want the court to expunge the notice, the third item a judge is slated to take up at Wednesday’s court hearing.
    — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Nov. 2021
  • His attorney, Joseph Reddin, asked that the case be expunged from his client's record.
    — Steven Martinez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Court costs were expunged for time served since his arrest and he will be given credit for that time.
    — Arkansas Online, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Thanks to Proposition 207, if a court grants a request to expunge a charge: The case file and law-enforcement records is sealed.
    — Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2021
  • When the charges against him were later dismissed, Lamar petitioned a judge to expunge his DNA from city records.
    — New York Times, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Aroma spent years trying to expunge films of her abuse from the Internet.
    — Charlie Campbell / Tokyo, Time, 29 Oct. 2019
  • The Sun reviewed documents showing the pipe bomb charge was ordered to be expunged in March 2021.
    — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
  • He was charged with obstructing a highway — a charge since expunged.
    — Diego Mendoza-Moyers, ExpressNews.com, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Those convictions, however, were expunged and did not show up on the FBI’s background check, the records say.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 15 July 2019
  • After the suit was filed, administrators agreed to expunge his grade for the class.
    — NBC News, 15 June 2021
  • But the Islamist militant threat has not been expunged.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
  • If there is no objection, agencies have 60 days to expunge any records.
    — Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2023

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