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

In response to The Star’s request for records related to the hazing investigation that led to Alpha Tau Omega’s five-year suspension, the university provided a letter with a heavily redacted account of the allegations against fraternity members. —Matthew Kelly april 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026

This brought the court back to the redacted attorney billing statements of the Chronicle-Progress's attorneys. —Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2026

Another person who sent in a complaint reporting an ICE arrest at a redacted location in Cohasset was apparently more concerned about the suspect’s dog than the actual person being taken into custody. —Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026

House lawmakers later subpoenaed and obtained a redacted version of the birthday book from Epstein's estate, which included the letter at the center of Mr. Trump's lawsuit. —Stefan Becket, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026

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