decrypt
verb (used with object)
to decode or decipher.
decryption
-
a word derived from
decrypt.
Example Sentences
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And they can order family members, employers or anyone else who knows suspects’ passwords or decryption methods to provide them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Encryption and decryption of your traffic both have a cost in terms of speed.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025
When governments are hacked, Kulkarni said the encryption and decryption keys protect stolen data.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2025
“To get a decryption key because they had no other way of recovering the data? For a pinky promise that stolen data would be destroyed? Both?”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2023
The decryption of a CSS- protected DVD is only the beginning of the tale, as the decrypted file is very large.
From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle
