redacted

adjective

re·​dact·​ed ri-ˈdak-təd 

: edited especially in order to obscure or remove sensitive information

a highly redacted copy of the file

The Pentagon declined to make the … report public, and only when pressed with Freedom of Information Act demands did it disclose parts of the report, some 1,700 pages of documents so heavily redacted as to be nearly incomprehensible.

—Scott Horton

Examples of redacted in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The family has filed a motion to review a redacted copy of a report that concludes that Anthony Lechner was not criminally responsible for killing his wife, Vignarajah said. — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 2 June 2026

Records received were heavily redacted, with the department citing the ongoing investigation into its death. — David Clarey, jsonline.com, 4 May 2026

In response to The Star’s request for records related to the hazing investigation that led to Alpha Tau Omega’s five-year suspension, the university provided a letter with a heavily redacted account of the allegations against fraternity members. — Matthew Kelly april 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026

The Department of Children and Families began investigating in February after meeting with a resource officer at the 12-year-old girl’s school in Coral Springs, the redacted affidavit said. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for redacted

• abstracted
• attracted
• compacted
• contacted
• detracted
• diffracted
• distracted
• enacted
• exacted
• extracted
• impacted
• protracted