r"""
    Remove items in ``item_list`` from ``list_``.
    The original ``list_`` is preserved if ``copy`` is True

def delete_list_items(list_, item_list, copy=False):
    r"""
    Remove items in ``item_list`` from ``list_``.
    The original ``list_`` is preserved if ``copy`` is True
    """
    if copy:
        list_ = list_[:]
    for item in item_list:
        list_.remove(item)
    return list_