encrypt

verb

en·​crypt in-ˈkript 

en-

encrypted; encrypting; encrypts

transitive verb

1

: encipher

2

: encode sense 1a

Examples of encrypt in a Sentence

The software will encrypt the message before it is sent.

Recent Examples on the Web

Implement encrypted, privacy-preserving designs that protect biometric data and maintain regulatory compliance. —Michael Engle, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025

Ransomware Protection Webroot's journal and rollback system should even roll back the effects of encrypting ransomware. —PCMAG, 4 Mar. 2025

However, Kansas City, Kansas, police have encrypted their police and fire radio communications, which limits the public ability to track police activities. —Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2025

The capability allowed users to encrypt almost all of their iCloud data, making messages, notes, photos and iPhone backups indecipherable, even when the information was stored in cloud computing centers. —Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

en- entry 1 + -crypt (in cryptanalysis, cryptogram), perhaps after decrypt

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for encrypt

• conscript
• decrypt
• descript
• equipped
• outstripped
• postscript
• rescript
• subscript
• transcript
• transhipped
• transshipped
• typescript

Kids Definition

encrypt

verb

en·​crypt

in-ˈkript

: to change (information) from one form to another especially to hide its meaning

encrypt the message

encryption

-ˈkrip-shən

noun