Definition of REDACTED (original) (raw)
: 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
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Many of the individual files remain redacted, however. —Kevin Breuninger,dan Mangan, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024 The judge gave the former president's lawyers time to oppose the decision before enforcing the order to release the redacted appendix. —Lauren Floyd, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024 The release of the redacted appendix, which was an attachment to the immunity motion unsealed two weeks ago by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan that included new details about Trump and his allies' actions leading up to the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, is currently scheduled for Thursday. —Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2024 Key Background These documents — now sealed — come from the Kentucky Public Radio copying-and-pasting parts of the redacted legal documents, which revealed the 30 pages of secret documents. —Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for redacted 
Word History
First Known Use
1967, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of redacted was in 1967
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“Redacted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redacted. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024 - Updated example sentences
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