encrypt
verb (used with object)
to convert (a message or the like) into cipher or code.
encrypts
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present tense formof encrypt (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Meta says later this year it will offer a confidential virtual machine that encrypts data so the company can’t access the chats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
It also plans to roll out an upgraded security model that encrypts user conversations and data.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Later this year, Meta plans to roll out Muse Confidential VM, an upgraded security model that encrypts all user conversations and data behind a private key inaccessible even to Meta itself.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
Bank A generates and encrypts a Swift payment message containing transfer instructions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
As you type, Enigma encrypts your message—and the number of ways it can do this is mind-boggling.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
