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Expunge
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To destroy; blot out; obliterate; erase; efface designedly; strike out wholly. The act of physically destroying information—including criminal records—in files, computers, or other depositories.
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Brooker received $9,000 cash plus tuition and fees toward a Master's degree at any Missouri university, and expungement from her record of a university ethics committee's review of the matter.
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This "routine expungement is a longstanding practice in many news organizations," says Sandra Davidson, a professor of communications law at the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
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I would like to inform you of recent changes in Illinois law that has made the expungement of juvenile records easier to complete.
Letter to the editor by Arenas, Francisco / The Chicago Reporter
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