# Remove the Copies

> A technique for deleting vocabulary entries that copy words another source already owns.

Record: `lexicon:remove-the-copies`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-remove-the-copies

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Resolve the Slot Against Its Source](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/resolve-the-slot-against-its-source.md) and before [Declare the Dialect](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/declare-the-dialect.md).

## Category

- [Taxonomy / Classification / Naming](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/taxonomy-classification-naming.md)

## Refactors

- [Externally Resolved Slot](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/externally-resolved-slot.md)

## Linked from

- [Taxonomy / Classification / Naming](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-taxonomy-classification-naming.md)