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expunge
c.1600, from L.
expungere
"mark (a name on a list) for deletion" by pricking dots above or below it, lit. "prick out," from
ex-
"out" +
pungere
"to prick, stab" (see
pungent
). Related:
Expunged
;
expunging
.