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

Addresses and the vehicle identification number have been redacted. —Jo Becker, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023

Details of the complaint were redacted in response to a public records request. —Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023

The amount of child support agreed upon was redacted from the court filing. —Xerxes Wilson, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023

The subject of the email and the document attached were redacted under a provision of the state’s Public Information Act that protects references to or copies of personnel records. —Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2023

Total costs are unknown, however, as the public contracts have redacted information about some service fees. —Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2023

The City Attorney’s Office did not respond to questions about why the language was redacted or how the redaction fell within the attorney-client privilege. —Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2023

Another photo, which had been redacted, featured the couple's 4-year-old son surrounded by weapons. —Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 22 July 2023

Fenelon’s name was redacted from the federal records, but he has been identified as the bus driver in a Waltham police crash report dated Nov. 22 and obtained by the Globe, and in civil litigation brought by one of the victims. —Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Latin redactus, past participle of redigere

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1