redact

verb

re·dact | \ ri-ˈdakt

\

redacted; redacting; redacts

Definition of redact

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

Examples of redact in a Sentence

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The presiding judge also has yet to rule on a motion by the Broward County School Board to hold the South Florida Sun Sentinel in contempt for publishing stories based on an analysis of Cruz’s school records that was poorly redacted. — Curt Anderson, The Seattle Times, "Parkland school shooting suspect due back in Florida court," 25 Sep. 2018 Video from the troopers' car as well as the police car were referenced in a report but what the videos revealed was redacted. — John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, "MSP: Fired trooper tried to cover up ATV Taser death details," 17 May 2018 As a result, much — but not all — of the testimony and evidence collected as part of the vast litigation has been sealed or redacted from public court records. — Julie K. Brown, The Seattle Times, "Perversion of Justice: Even from jail, sex abuser manipulated the system. His victims were kept in the dark," 4 Dec. 2018 Still, the city released its actual proposal to the company only this week in response to a lawsuit, with five pages of the more-than-200-page document redacted, NJ.com reported. — Jacob Adelman, Philly.com, "Details of Philadelphia's cash offer to Amazon in HQ2 pitch ordered to be shared," 27 Apr. 2018 Frankel and other defense lawyers say parts of Cruz’s statement are exempt from release under the state’s public records law, while other portions should be redacted out of sensitivity to the victims. — Rafael Olmeda, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Parkland shooter's lawyers and prosecutors debate release of confession," 9 June 2018 Details of the dispute are limited because other information was redacted from the emails that were produced for the Free Press. — Joe Guillen, Detroit Free Press, "John Engler involved in MSU misstep, emails show," 8 June 2018 Congressional sources said that the likely reason the text was both redacted and unredacted was that the Justice Department sent over multiple document productions in a hasty and chaotic manner. — Jeremy Herb, CNN, "From Reddit to Trump: How the President latched onto a conspiracy theory," 6 June 2018 The proposed rule adds language saying the exemption does not apply to settlements from Jan. 1, 2010 on, and specifically says names of judges and judicial officials can’t be redacted. — Greg Moran, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Proposed rule change would make all settlements involving judges public," 24 Apr. 2018

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