redact

[ ri-dakt ]

/ rɪˈdækt /

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verb (used with object)

to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.

to draw up or frame (a statement, proclamation, etc.).

to edit (text) so as to remove or hide confidential or sensitive information: His account number has been redacted from the top of the statement.

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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”; see act

OTHER WORDS FROM redact

re·dac·tion, nounre·dac·tor, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH redact

redact , revise

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How to use redact in a sentence

The city turned over some of the files under a protective order but redacted information it said was irrelevant to the case.
New York City Paid an NBA Star Millions After an NYPD Officer Broke His Leg. The Officer Paid Little Price.|by Mike Hayes for ProPublica|January 12, 2021|ProPublica
As of mid-December, the administration was forced to release more than 100 pages of heavily redacted emails.
Surviving a year like no other|Kevin Naff|December 30, 2020|Washington Blade
So much information is redacted from reports that it is difficult to understand what actually happened, said Karen Van Epps, who chairs the oversight committee that covers much of metropolitan Phoenix.
They Made a Revolutionary System to Protect People With Developmental Disabilities. Now It’s Falling Apart.|by Amy Silverman for Arizona Daily Star|December 12, 2020|ProPublica
Below are redacted screenshots of some of what has been available.
Verizon has been leaking customers’ personal information for days (at least)|Dan Goodin|December 3, 2020|Ars Technica

The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office redacted the names of deputies who struggled with a suicidal man as he resisted being taken for a mental health evaluation.
How Cops Who Use Force and Even Kill Can Hide Their Names From the Public|by Kenny Jacoby, USA Today and Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica|October 29, 2020|ProPublica
Then came the final redactor, who interpolated the groundwork and the Methuselah sections, adding two others from his own pen.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6|Various
A subsequent redactor united D with this, and still later another united this compilation with P.
The Bible|John E. Remsburg
Then the later redactor, who seems to have known the Code, may have wished to obliterate a tell-tale word.
The Relations between the Laws of Babylonia and the Laws of the Hebrew Peoples|C. H. W. Johns
The obvious propriety of such a relationship was bound sooner or later to strike the imagination of some redactor.
The Legend of Sir Lancelot du Lac|Jessie L. Weston
Mr. Brown contends that Barbours redactor borrowed from Lydgate.
The Bruce|John Barbour

British Dictionary definitions for redact

redact

/ (rɪˈdækt) /

verb (tr)

to compose or draft (an edict, proclamation, etc)

to put (a literary work, etc) into appropriate form for publication; edit

Derived forms of redact

redaction, nounredactional, adjectiveredactor, noun

Word Origin for redact

C15: from Latin redigere to bring back, from red- re- + agere to drive

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