redacted

[ ri-dak-tid ]

adjective

1. (of a document) with confidential or sensitive information removed or hidden:

   If a court decision contains protected information, it may not be released immediately due to the need to prepare a redacted version.

2. (of text, images, or information) removed, obscured, or hidden from view:

   Under this ruling, state agencies must provide an explanation for not disclosing redacted information.

3. edited or compiled, as from multiple sources:

   This text is believed to be a redacted and bowdlerized edition of the Babylonian Talmud.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of redact.

Other Words From

• un·re·dac·ted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of redacted¹

redact ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, which covers the central east coast including Cape Canaveral, redacted the name of a deputy who fired her gun at a drunken driver who tried to flee.

From ProPublica

It’s impossible to tell what that means without the context of the redacted elements.

From Washington Post

The amounts of coal involved were redacted from the copy of the settlement agreement that was made publicly available by the court.

From ProPublica

The auditor has argued that her findings have been suppressed and that agency leaders have “manipulated” her report, by excessively redacting portions of it.

From Voice of San Diego

One of the redacted sections described an allegation of harassment of staff, and a cross-allegation of harassment by management against staffers for the auditor.

From Voice of San Diego

I guess I put [one of his legends; spoiler redacted] to rest.

From The Daily Beast

The security sections of the applications have been redacted online.

From The Daily Beast

Another applicant “affirmed that his infant son died … as a result of child abuse,” reads one heavily redacted example.

From The Daily Beast

In addition, Koh argued for turning over the un-redacted, classified version of the opinion to Congress.

From The Daily Beast

Note: Names of individual officers allegedly targeted by Dorner have been redacted.

From The Daily Beast

Some of the latter were significantly abbreviated/redacted by the translator.

From Project Gutenberg

Their present report they redacted to the effect, "All correct as it stood," without once mentioning Heucking.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• adjusted
• amended
• improved
• updated