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
Most police records are private under state law, and when they are used in legal cases the files tend to be significantly redacted.
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City News Service, Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
The report was redacted to preclude the names of everyone involved.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2026
The files her department eventually released also revealed victims’ names and personal information, while redacting details not eligible to be hidden from the public under the law.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
The office redacted names and identifying information of the individuals who filed the complaints.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
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City News Service, Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
The report was redacted to preclude the names of everyone involved.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2026
The files her department eventually released also revealed victims’ names and personal information, while redacting details not eligible to be hidden from the public under the law.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
The office redacted names and identifying information of the individuals who filed the complaints.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
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On many systems, deleting them merely removes their addresses from a registry, freeing the space to be overwritten.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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She also is accused of telling her conspirators and other people not to discuss the weapons deals by telephone, and to delete any messages referring to the deals.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
19 Apr. 2026
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The request by the Justice Department would go a step further and erase all the convictions for extremist group leaders, including Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who didn’t receive pardons last January.—
Michael Kunzelman,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Adam Frazier and Logan O'Hoppe each hit a solo homer off Yankees starter Luis Gil to help the Angels erase an early 3-0 deficit.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The president ousted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in March, shortly before removing Attorney General Pam Bondi from the Justice Department in early April.—
Brooke Migdon,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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The requirement to print ballots one month before Election Day does not present an insurmountable obstacle to removing candidates; modern technology could facilitate supplemental ballots even within government bureaucracies, making the current restriction outdated.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Redact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redact. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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