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redact

[ri-dakt] / rɪˈdækt /
VERB
bowdlerize
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The department has come under fire for its handling of the process, including failing to initially redact the names of dozens of victims and not initially releasing some FBI documents that referenced allegations against Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

While your mother’s bank may decide to redact certain sensitive transaction details, it cannot refuse to disclose all accounting.

From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026

According to a report by the Washington Post, Patel has directed agents in the bureau’s San Francisco office to redact the case files for public release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2026

Massie has also criticized the DOJ, which he says “has failed to properly redact victims’ information while simultaneously succeeding in avoiding the disclosure of incriminated individuals,” in a statement to Salon.

From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2026

"Abridge, redact," he exclaims towards the end, but there was no abridgment and no redaction.

From The Life of Froude by Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield) Paul

Officials have said they would release materials as the department reviews and redacts them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

The report redacts details of the now-deleted post, from 16 November 2023, which the BBC has seen.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025

The appeal redacts their names, indentifying jurors only by their numbers from the trial.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2023

The report redacts the names of patrons involved, but some details from incident outlined in the document align with the account Keisha Young, 22, previously reported to The Post.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2021

Which duty done, D'Orleans returns in from the gate; redacts his Protest, in the face of an applauding Parlement, an applauding France; and so—has cut his Court-moorings, shall we say?

From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle

A second draft of the letter, dated March 4, contained altered language providing that the voter information would be “transferred” to HSI, with one exception: Voters’ party affiliation would be redacted, if possible, it said.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

Friday's judgement said that while plans submitted to the UK authorities were redacted and not all rooms were identified, there was "no possible ambiguity as to the nature of the intended use of the premises".

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

BBC Verify has reviewed these documents, although some of them have been heavily redacted.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

The documents are heavily redacted and contain a mix of raw reporting, internal discussions, technical assessments and law-enforcement records.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

She'd seen it in the library book before it was redacted.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

In a statement, Inspector General William M. Blier said his “preliminary objective is to evaluate the DOJ’s processes for identifying, redacting, and releasing records in its possession as required by the Act.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Of those who remain, roughly 1,000 special agents and others are said to be focused on redacting materials related to the Epstein files.

From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2026

What they’ve done is all these haphazard redactions, redacting a bunch of things they’re not supposed to redact.

From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2026

“Consistent with the statute and applicable laws, we are not redacting the names of individuals or politicians unless they are a victim.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2025

For there is much consulting about it, and redacting of it; Polish Majesty himself very busy.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 15 by Thomas Carlyle




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