redacted

American  

[ri-dak-tid] / rɪˈdæk tɪd /

adjective

1. (of a document) with confidential or sensitive information removed or hidden.

   If a court decision contains protected information, it may not be released immediately due to the need to prepare a redacted version.

2. (of text, images, or information) removed, obscured, or hidden from view.

   Under this ruling, state agencies must provide an explanation for not disclosing redacted information.

3. edited or compiled, as from multiple sources.

   This text is believed to be a redacted and bowdlerized edition of the Babylonian Talmud.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of redact.

Other Word Forms

• unredacted adjective

Etymology

Origin of redacted

redact ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Last year, the family raised concerns that significant portions of Sheffield United's submissions and the FA's final report had been redacted, preventing the family and their lawyers from accessing them.

From BBC

The name of the woman was redacted from the police report.

From Los Angeles Times

That information was later redacted from the file before it was made public at the National Archives in Kew, west London.

From BBC

Such specifics were redacted in the version of the reports sent to The Times.

From Los Angeles Times

If Bondi thought she could quiet the clamor for the Epstein files by releasing only a small percentage of heavily redacted documents, the move backfired.

From Salon

Related Words

• adjusted
• amended
• improved
• updated