redacted

adjective

re·​dact·​ed ri-ˈdak-təd 

: edited especially in order to obscure or remove sensitive information

a highly redacted copy of the file

The Pentagon declined to make the … report public, and only when pressed with Freedom of Information Act demands did it disclose parts of the report, some 1,700 pages of documents so heavily redacted as to be nearly incomprehensible.

—Scott Horton

Examples of redacted in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Prince Harry praises Duchess in 'With Love, Meghan,' host confirms name change The Department of Homeland Security, on the judge's order, will release a redacted version of Harry's application no later than Tuesday, according to court filings obtained by the outlets. —Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025

However, the bulk of the documents remain heavily redacted. —Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025

The document was heavily redacted, making some of the details unclear. —Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2024

The redacted emails seen throughout the post appear to feature a back-and-forth between a television studio employee and Neon publicity. —Tommy McArdle, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for redacted

• abstracted
• attracted
• compacted
• contacted
• detracted
• diffracted
• distracted
• enacted
• exacted
• extracted
• impacted
• protracted