Bowdlerize v. t. (past & past part. bowdlerized; pres. part. bowdlerizing) To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the parts considered offensive; to remove morally objectionable parts; said of literary texts.
Synonyms:bowdlerise, expurgate, shorten, cut."It is a grave defect in the splendid tale of Tom Jones... that a Bowdlerized version of it would be hardly intelligible as a tale."
