as in to delete
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.
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Recent Examples of redact
Four other counts, which have been redacted, were also dismissed.
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Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 9 June 2025
Wu’s administration, especially Boston Police, won’t even comply with the public records law, selectively releases body camera footage of arrests and arbitrarily redacts police reports.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 5 June 2025
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
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Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 9 June 2025
Wu’s administration, especially Boston Police, won’t even comply with the public records law, selectively releases body camera footage of arrests and arbitrarily redacts police reports.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 5 June 2025
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
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La Liga had to delete the registration of new FC Barcelona star Joan Garcia after mistakenly including him in the Catalans' first team squad on Friday afternoon, a few hours after the goalkeeper signed his contract at the Joan Gamper CT.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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American Oversight says the officials violated federal records law with their use of Signal, a commercial messaging app that allows messages to be automatically deleted.—
Elena Moore,
NPR,
20 June 2025
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Clark tried to erase the memories of his disappointment at Oakmont with an opening round 6-under 64 on Thursday, putting him tied for second in the early afternoon.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
19 June 2025
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But the suddenly lukewarm Rockies, who seemed primed to erase the 2024 Sox from the record books, entered Wednesday’s game against Washington with a three-game win streak and a 7-7 record in their last 14 games.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2025
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Kids who try to end-run this will have their streams removed and live chat disabled.—
Danny Bakst,
Fortune,
26 June 2025
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Florida Fish and Wildlife officials removed the alligators, allowing divers to recover a deceased male from the vehicle.—
Chris Anderson,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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“Redact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redact. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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