bowdlerize
FORM OF CENSORSHIP OF ARTISTIC OR OTHER MEDIA WORKS
Bowdlerization; Bowdlerize; Bowdlerized; Bowdlerise; Expurgated; Bowdlerisation; Bowdlerizing; Bowdlerising; Bowlderize; Bowlderise; Bowlderized; Bowlderisation; Unexpurgated; Bowdlerised; Expurgations; Expurgate; Expurgating; Bowdlerizations; Bowlderization; Fig-leaf edition; Fig Leaf Edition
(bowdlerizes, bowdlerizing, bowdlerized)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'bowdlerise'
To bowdlerize a book or film means to take parts of it out before publishing it or showing it.
I'm bowdlerizing it-just slightly changing one or two words so listeners won't be upset.
...a bowdlerised version of the song.
VERB: V n, V-ed [disapproval]