Bowdlerise
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
Historical Examples
The English Novel George Saintsbury
verb
(transitive) to remove passages or words regarded as indecent from (a play, novel, etc); expurgate
v.
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