redact
verb
re·dact ri-ˈdakt 
redacted; redacting; redacts
transitive verb
1
: to put in writing : frame
2
: to select or adapt (as by obscuring or removing sensitive information) for publication or release
broadly : edit
3
: to obscure or remove (text) from a document prior to publication or release
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Other states require police to redact the names of victims to protect their privacy, but the Massachusetts law goes much further. 
BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022 Trease did concede that the two parties should work together to redact some of the officers’ personal information from the records before they are released. Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2022 Kostura said some of the rules concerning body cameras have changed, allowing police departments to redact certain items related to incidents. cleveland, 14 July 2022 The decision was briefly kept under seal to give both companies the opportunity to redact any trade secrets. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2022 Politico provided the draft opinion in PDF form, taking care to redact any metadata that might lead back to a source... Brian Stelter, CNN, 3 May 2022 Bullock’s complete findings won’t be publicly available for several weeks, to give both sides a chance to redact confidential information. Susan Decker, Bloomberg.com, 13 Dec. 2021 Late Tuesday afternoon, court officials posted a document indicating Judge Daniel Kiley would allow attorneys to redact Social Security numbers, birthdays and signatures but would not seal case records. Maria Polletta, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2020 Franklin County was supposed to redact any personal information but failed to do so, according to Borges and his lawyers. Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2022 See More
BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022 Trease did concede that the two parties should work together to redact some of the officers’ personal information from the records before they are released. Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2022 Kostura said some of the rules concerning body cameras have changed, allowing police departments to redact certain items related to incidents. cleveland, 14 July 2022 The decision was briefly kept under seal to give both companies the opportunity to redact any trade secrets. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2022 Politico provided the draft opinion in PDF form, taking care to redact any metadata that might lead back to a source... Brian Stelter, CNN, 3 May 2022 Bullock’s complete findings won’t be publicly available for several weeks, to give both sides a chance to redact confidential information. Susan Decker, Bloomberg.com, 13 Dec. 2021 Late Tuesday afternoon, court officials posted a document indicating Judge Daniel Kiley would allow attorneys to redact Social Security numbers, birthdays and signatures but would not seal case records. Maria Polletta, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2020 Franklin County was supposed to redact any personal information but failed to do so, according to Borges and his lawyers. Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Latin redactus, past participle of redigere
First Known Use
1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1
redacts
verb
as in deletes
to make changes to (something written) so as to remove or obscure information Because the victims were minors, their full names were redacted from public court records. The declassified documents were heavily redacted before they were released. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- deletes
- erases
- removes
- censors
- expunges
- launders
- expurgates
- effaces
- cancels
- obliterates
- elides
- deles
- bowdlerizes
- eradicates
- kills
- abbreviates
- wipes out
- red-pencils
- blots out
- clips
- excises
- strokes (out)
- shortens
- rubs out
- bleeps
- blips
- edits (out)
- cleans (up)
- blue-pencils
- strikes (out)
- cuts
- silences
- scratches (out)
- crosses (out)
- represses
- crops
- suppresses
- x's (out)
- blacks out
- roots (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
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