encrypt
verb (used with object)
to convert (a message or the like) into cipher or code.
encrypted
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past participleof encrypt.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof encrypt.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
encryptverb (used with object)to convert (a message or the like) into cipher or code. -
a word derived from
encrypt.
encryptverb (used with object)to convert (a message or the like) into cipher or code.
Example Sentences
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The worst damage was in the facilities division, where about half the servers were encrypted — meaning that district staff could not access their own systems and records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Vincer sent the proposal, which was on Nxum letterhead, to Ardoino on the encrypted messaging app Keet in a group chat that included Dennis, according to messages reviewed by the Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Meta will soon give Muse an encrypted mode that will keep the company from being able to see what the user is doing with the agent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
And he adds that all recordings captured by the glasses are encrypted, and the firm itself cannot see them - though this also means HTC cannot flag harmful content.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
In addition, the machine encrypted six letters of the alphabet with one cipher, then used an entirely different cipher for the other twenty.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
