redacted Neutral 🟢 Beginner (A1)

Verb
redacted
Meaning

Redacted means that specific sensitive or confidential parts of a document, text, or recording have been deliberately removed, obscured, or blacked out before public release.
to remove words or information from a text before it is printed or made available to the public:

  • Officers' names are routinely redacted from any publicly released reports.
  • Some parts of secret files are available to the public, but heavily redacted.
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