Expurgate is a verb that means to remove for being objectionable or unsuitable.

Coming from Latin, our word of the day is related to the word purge, which means ‘to cleanse.’ When something is removed or expurgated from a book or movie, it is usually done for the purpose of ‘cleansing’ that thing.

Many great movies of years past had scenes expurgated because they offended people’s sensibilities. This was an effort to keep the world of film clean and pure.