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Noun
1. expulsion of a public official and subsequent ban on participating in politics (by the SCAP during the allied occupation); purgeHistorical term
Wikipedia definition
2. Purge (During Occupation of Japan)The Purge in Japan was the prohibition of designated Japanese people from engaging in public service, by order of the General Headquarters of the Allied Forces after Japan's defeat in World War II. It ended upon Japan's independence in 1952.
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