expungement
nounEtymology From expunge + -ment.
1
The act of expunging.
2
Canada, US The process by which the record of a criminal conviction is erased, destroyed or sealed.
- 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."1979 April 7, David Brill, “BPL Arrests: A Year Later”, in Gay Community News, page 1:
- Related terms
- ex-con, pardoning, acquital, commutation, conviction, amnesty, innocence, guilt, no contest, non compos mentis