expurgated

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Only an expurgated 500-page executive summary has been made public.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2019

As Marina Warner wrote in her book Stranger Magic, “Galland transformed his sources, his fluent prose adding politesse and polish. … He expurgated the eroticism that heightens many passages in the original.”

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2019

“To consent would be an admission that the expurgated parts are not indispensable,” he wrote.

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2018

"We did an expurgated edition and every subsequent printing put a little bit back and now it's all there."

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2017

Dewey admits it, but he adds that except for an apparently somewhat expurgated version of his own conduct, Hickock’s story supports Smith’s.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote