To mutilate (a book, etc.) by removing a sheet or portion of it; esp. to remove obscene or objectionable passages from; to expurgate.

To expurgate, adj. (a book, etc.).

To purify or amend (a book, etc.) by removing what is thought objectionable.

transitive. To expurgate (a book or writing), by omitting or modifying words or passages considered indelicate or offensive; to castrate.

transitive. To act as censor to; see censor, n. 2b; spec. with reference to the control of news and the departmental supervision of naval and…