: to obscure or remove (text) from a document prior to publication or release
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For much of the trip, Lester was accompanied by a companion, whose name was redacted in the records.—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2025 One is that it is claimed that WikiLeaks released 251,000 diplomatic cables from the U.S. State Department to its embassies around the world without having redacted those names.—Brent Lang, Variety, 15 May 2025 The identity of the man was redacted from a copy of the warrant affidavits before they were released publicly.—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2025 El Cajon received a telephone call from an unidentified male asking if (name redacted) was there.—Austin Meek, New York Times, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for redact
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Middle English, from Latin redactus, past participle of redigere
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