diff --git a/docs/serializer-settings.md b/docs/serializer-settings.md
index 28c8f600c..96dd41204 100644
--- a/docs/serializer-settings.md
+++ b/docs/serializer-settings.md
@@ -1138,8 +1138,8 @@ public Task IgnoreMemberByPredicate()
     };
     var settings = new VerifySettings();
 
-    settings.IgnoreMembers(name => name is "Field" or "Property");
-    settings.IgnoreMembers(member => member.Name is "PropertyByName" or "PropertyThatThrows");
+    settings.IgnoreMembers(_ => _ is "Field" or "Property");
+    settings.IgnoreMembers(_ => _.Name is "PropertyByName" or "PropertyThatThrows");
 
     return Verify(target, settings);
 }
@@ -1157,8 +1157,8 @@ public Task IgnoreMemberByPredicateFluent()
     var settings = new VerifySettings();
 
     return Verify(target, settings)
-        .IgnoreMembers(name => name is "Field" or "Property")
-        .IgnoreMembers(member => member.Name is "PropertyByName" or "PropertyThatThrows");
+        .IgnoreMembers(_ => _ is "Field" or "Property")
+        .IgnoreMembers(_ => _.Name is "PropertyByName" or "PropertyThatThrows");
 }
 
 [Fact]
@@ -1239,8 +1239,8 @@ public Task ScrubMemberByPredicate()
     };
     var settings = new VerifySettings();
 
-    settings.ScrubMembers(name => name is "Field" or "Property");
-    settings.ScrubMembers(member => member.Name is "PropertyByName" or "PropertyThatThrows");
+    settings.ScrubMembers(_ => _ is "Field" or "Property");
+    settings.ScrubMembers(_ => _.Name is "PropertyByName" or "PropertyThatThrows");
 
     return Verify(target, settings);
 }
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ public static void MemberConverterByExpressionInit()
     // using only the member
     VerifierSettings.MemberConverter<MemberTarget, string>(
         expression: _ => _.Field,
-        converter: member => $"{member}_Suffix");
+        converter: _ => $"{_}_Suffix");
 
     // using target and member
     VerifierSettings.MemberConverter<MemberTarget, string>(
diff --git a/src/StrictJsonTests/SerializationTests.IgnoreDictionaryByPredicate.verified.json b/src/StrictJsonTests/SerializationTests.IgnoreDictionaryByPredicate.verified.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38370f9b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/StrictJsonTests/SerializationTests.IgnoreDictionaryByPredicate.verified.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "Include": {
+    "Key1": "Value2"
+  },
+  "Key2": "Value4"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/StrictJsonTests/SerializationTests.IgnoreMemberByPredicate.verified.json b/src/StrictJsonTests/SerializationTests.IgnoreMemberByPredicate.verified.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ab19d7fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/StrictJsonTests/SerializationTests.IgnoreMemberByPredicate.verified.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "Include": "Value",
+  "GetOnlyProperty": "asd"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/StrictJsonTests/SerializationTests.IgnoreMemberByPredicateFluent.verified.json b/src/StrictJsonTests/SerializationTests.IgnoreMemberByPredicateFluent.verified.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ab19d7fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/StrictJsonTests/SerializationTests.IgnoreMemberByPredicateFluent.verified.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "Include": "Value",
+  "GetOnlyProperty": "asd"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/StrictJsonTests/SerializationTests.ScrubDictionaryByPredicate.verified.json b/src/StrictJsonTests/SerializationTests.ScrubDictionaryByPredicate.verified.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6cfa11d29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/StrictJsonTests/SerializationTests.ScrubDictionaryByPredicate.verified.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "Ignore": "{Scrubbed}",
+  "Include": {
+    "Ignore": "{Scrubbed}",
+    "Key1": "Value2"
+  },
+  "Key2": "Value4"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/StrictJsonTests/SerializationTests.ScrubMemberByPredicate.verified.json b/src/StrictJsonTests/SerializationTests.ScrubMemberByPredicate.verified.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d1b9e866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/StrictJsonTests/SerializationTests.ScrubMemberByPredicate.verified.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "Include": "Value",
+  "Field": "{Scrubbed}",
+  "Property": "{Scrubbed}",
+  "PropertyByName": "{Scrubbed}",
+  "GetOnlyProperty": "asd",
+  "PropertyThatThrows": "{Scrubbed}"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/StrictJsonTests/SerializationTests.ScrubMemberByPredicateFluent.verified.json b/src/StrictJsonTests/SerializationTests.ScrubMemberByPredicateFluent.verified.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d1b9e866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/StrictJsonTests/SerializationTests.ScrubMemberByPredicateFluent.verified.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "Include": "Value",
+  "Field": "{Scrubbed}",
+  "Property": "{Scrubbed}",
+  "PropertyByName": "{Scrubbed}",
+  "GetOnlyProperty": "asd",
+  "PropertyThatThrows": "{Scrubbed}"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Verify.Tests/Serialization/SerializationTests.cs b/src/Verify.Tests/Serialization/SerializationTests.cs
index d360c9547..13d0bcaef 100644
--- a/src/Verify.Tests/Serialization/SerializationTests.cs
+++ b/src/Verify.Tests/Serialization/SerializationTests.cs
@@ -3274,7 +3274,7 @@ public static void MemberConverterByExpressionInit()
         // using only the member
         VerifierSettings.MemberConverter<MemberTarget, string>(
             expression: _ => _.Field,
-            converter: member => $"{member}_Suffix");
+            converter: _ => $"{_}_Suffix");
 
         // using target and member
         VerifierSettings.MemberConverter<MemberTarget, string>(
@@ -3478,8 +3478,8 @@ public Task ScrubMemberByPredicate()
         };
         var settings = new VerifySettings();
 
-        settings.ScrubMembers(name => name is "Field" or "Property");
-        settings.ScrubMembers(member => member.Name is "PropertyByName" or "PropertyThatThrows");
+        settings.ScrubMembers(_ => _ is "Field" or "Property");
+        settings.ScrubMembers(_ => _.Name is "PropertyByName" or "PropertyThatThrows");
 
         return Verify(target, settings);
     }
@@ -3548,8 +3548,8 @@ public Task IgnoreMemberByPredicate()
         };
         var settings = new VerifySettings();
 
-        settings.IgnoreMembers(name => name is "Field" or "Property");
-        settings.IgnoreMembers(member => member.Name is "PropertyByName" or "PropertyThatThrows");
+        settings.IgnoreMembers(_ => _ is "Field" or "Property");
+        settings.IgnoreMembers(_ => _.Name is "PropertyByName" or "PropertyThatThrows");
 
         return Verify(target, settings);
     }
@@ -3567,8 +3567,8 @@ public Task IgnoreMemberByPredicateFluent()
         var settings = new VerifySettings();
 
         return Verify(target, settings)
-            .IgnoreMembers(name => name is "Field" or "Property")
-            .IgnoreMembers(member => member.Name is "PropertyByName" or "PropertyThatThrows");
+            .IgnoreMembers(_ => _ is "Field" or "Property")
+            .IgnoreMembers(_ => _.Name is "PropertyByName" or "PropertyThatThrows");
     }
 
     [Fact]
diff --git a/src/Verify/Serialization/SerializationSettings_IgnoreByPredicate.cs b/src/Verify/Serialization/SerializationSettings_IgnoreByPredicate.cs
index c1a3b26ef..3c6858452 100644
--- a/src/Verify/Serialization/SerializationSettings_IgnoreByPredicate.cs
+++ b/src/Verify/Serialization/SerializationSettings_IgnoreByPredicate.cs
@@ -6,25 +6,25 @@
     public void IgnoreMembers(Func<MemberInfo, bool> predicate)
     {
         Guard.NotNull(predicate);
-        ignoredMemberPredicatesByMember.Add(member => predicate(member) ? ScrubOrIgnore.Ignore : null);
+        ignoredMemberPredicatesByMember.Add(_ => predicate(_) ? ScrubOrIgnore.Ignore : null);
     }
 
     public void IgnoreMembers(Func<string, bool> predicate)
     {
         Guard.NotNull(predicate);
-        ignoredMemberPredicatesByString.Add(member => predicate(member) ? ScrubOrIgnore.Ignore : null);
+        ignoredMemberPredicatesByString.Add(_ => predicate(_) ? ScrubOrIgnore.Ignore : null);
     }
 
     public void ScrubMembers(Func<MemberInfo, bool> predicate)
     {
         Guard.NotNull(predicate);
-        ignoredMemberPredicatesByMember.Add(member => predicate(member) ? ScrubOrIgnore.Scrub : null);
+        ignoredMemberPredicatesByMember.Add(_ => predicate(_) ? ScrubOrIgnore.Scrub : null);
     }
 
     public void ScrubMembers(Func<string, bool> predicate)
     {
         Guard.NotNull(predicate);
-        ignoredMemberPredicatesByString.Add(member => predicate(member) ? ScrubOrIgnore.Scrub : null);
+        ignoredMemberPredicatesByString.Add(_ => predicate(_) ? ScrubOrIgnore.Scrub : null);
     }
 
     internal bool TryGetScrubOrIgnorePredicateByName(string name, MemberInfo? memberInfo, [NotNullWhen(true)] out ScrubOrIgnore? scrubOrIgnore)
diff --git a/src/Verify/Serialization/SerializationSettings_IgnoreInstance.cs b/src/Verify/Serialization/SerializationSettings_IgnoreInstance.cs
index 3bf3fa26f..45ba22da8 100644
--- a/src/Verify/Serialization/SerializationSettings_IgnoreInstance.cs
+++ b/src/Verify/Serialization/SerializationSettings_IgnoreInstance.cs
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@ public void IgnoreInstance<T>(Func<T, bool> shouldIgnore)
         var type = typeof(T);
         IgnoreInstance(
             type,
-            target =>
-            {
-                var arg = (T) target;
-                return shouldIgnore(arg);
-            });
+            _ => shouldIgnore((T) _));
     }
 
     public void IgnoreInstance(Type type, ShouldIgnore shouldIgnore)
@@ -39,11 +35,7 @@ public void ScrubInstance<T>(Func<T, bool> shouldScrub)
         var type = typeof(T);
         ScrubInstance(
             type,
-            target =>
-            {
-                var arg = (T) target;
-                return shouldScrub(arg);
-            });
+            _ => shouldScrub((T) _));
     }
 
     public void ScrubInstance(Type type, ShouldScrub shouldScrub)