Synonyms of redacted

redacted

verb

past tense of redact

as in deleted

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.

Related Words

• deleted
• erased
• removed
• censored
• expurgated
• laundered
• bowdlerized
• expunged
• struck (out)
• obliterated
• edited (out)
• canceled
• cleaned (up)
• crossed (out)
• elided
• scratched (out)
• wiped out
• killed
• excised
• eradicated
• stroked (out)
• effaced
• deled
• blotted out
• red-penciled
• abbreviated
• shortened
• clipped
• rubbed out
• rooted (out)
• blue-penciled
• bleeped
• cut
• cropped
• suppressed
• repressed
• blipped
• silenced
• x-ed (out)
• blacked out

Dissimilar Words

• stetted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of redacted

The official, whose name was redacted in the document, previously served as unit chief for ICE's Office of Professional Responsibility. — Laura Romero, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Prosecutors played another video featuring partially redacted excerpts from law enforcement investigators’ interview with Lance Twiggs, Robinson’s former romantic partner and roommate. — Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026

The official, whose name was redacted by the agency, asked Bovino to acknowledge receipt of the document and answer questions. — Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

His current address was redacted in the copy of the report obtained by this news organization. — Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026

In application material for that developer’s project, the agency also redacted the plan for translating tenant outreach brochures from English. — Rob Davis, ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2026

Shortly after Lyons' email, Charles forwarded the message to a group of officials whose names are redacted. — CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

The 911 calls and police radio communications were partially redacted, but fill in some gaps of the events that led up to the assault of Cherrie Moore, 34, by Karson Hyder, 22, on May 29. — Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026

While most of the information about the victim was redacted, the report confirmed that a Black male was the victim. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Aug. 2026