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redact

[ri-dakt] / rɪˈdækt /
VERB
bowdlerize
Synonyms




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The Justice Department did redact her name as the sender and receiver in most emails, but mistakenly left it in the body of some messages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Griffin also confirmed that the large bundle of documents released last month had been temporarily removed from the government website "to redact some additional information".

From BBC • Mar. 12, 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

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

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

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