redact
Americanverb
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to compose or draft (an edict, proclamation, etc)
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to put (a literary work, etc) into appropriate form for publication; edit
Other Word Forms
- redaction noun
- redactional adjective
- redactor noun
Etymology
Origin of redact
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin redāctus (past participle of redigere “to lead back”), equivalent to red- red- + āctus, past participle of agere “to drive, move, lead”; act
Example Sentences
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“This settlement avoids needless litigation based on that fact and further instructs Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to redact patient information in documents responsive to other subpoena requests,” the DOJ statement said.
From Los Angeles Times
Items that would reveal a victim’s personal information or jeopardize ongoing investigations must be redacted.
The Justice Department released a massive but extensively redacted trove of records in response to the new law in December.
From Los Angeles Times
The prosecutor’s child, whose name is redacted in court filings, attended Kirk’s Sept. 10 talk on the university campus and texted with their father in the immediate aftermath of the shooting.
That and other arguments appeared in a redacted version of the memo that the Justice Department publicly released Tuesday afternoon.
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