: to obscure or remove (text) from a document prior to publication or release
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El Cajon received a telephone call from an unidentified male asking if (name redacted) was there.—Austin Meek, New York Times, 29 May 2025 This production contained several complaints from teachers whose names were redacted, including a couple that were not shared with the district during the audit process.—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2025 The woman, whose name is redacted from the fire department’s report, said her friend Giancarlo decided to use a lighter to remove the blood-sucking parasite.—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 20 May 2025 Montgomery’s name is redacted in the records, but information about the circumstances of his guilty plea spelled out in the federal documents, including the date, charges and his home address, point to him.—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for redact
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Etymology
Middle English, from Latin redactus, past participle of redigere
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