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 paper says the demand is UK ministers' "latest bid to create a 'backdoor' to access encrypted customer data, a year after the Home Office agreed to drop a previous order".
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
In the parking lot, a legal observer helped her download the encrypted messaging app Signal and join her neighborhood rapid-response group.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
To accommodate this, the company shares design files through encrypted servers and protected internal systems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
UBTech says the data processed by its U1 robots is encrypted and will not be used to train its AI models.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
“And she should be. You could still use your bacon-and-eggs cipher. Just submit a different encrypted message tomorrow.”
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
