DUI Laws, DUI Penalties, and DUI Defense What is Expungement? Copyright 2010 All rights reserved http://www.duilawsintennessee.com By definition, it simply means to erase or hide.  The ultimate goal of hiring a DUI attorney is to hopefully have your charges thrown out and thus erased.  This is a form of expungement.  Having your motor vehicle record cleared of a DUI record is also called expungement.  With the continued crack down on DUI offenders in Tennessee, this option is becoming less and less likely as police officers are being educated regularly on the laws and loopholes.