encrypt
verb (used with object)
to convert (a message or the like) into cipher or code.
was encrypting
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past progressiveof encrypt.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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That’s how the notorious SS spy Johannes Siegfried Becker, nicknamed “Sargo,” was encrypting reports he sent back from South America to Berlin.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 7, 2017
Her office said on Friday that it was encrypting all tax files to reduce the harm if any were stolen, and that the process would be completed within 90 days.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2012
