expungement

English

Etymology

expunge +‎ -ment

Noun

expungement (countable and uncountable, plural expungements)

  1. The act of expunging.
  2. (US, Canada) The process by which the record of a criminal conviction is erased, destroyed or sealed.
    • 1979 April 7, David Brill, “BPL Arrests: A Year Later”, in Gay Community News, page 1:
      In a memorandum in support of the expungement motion, Atty. John Ward argues that the retention of his clients' records "is and will be of great harm to them."

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