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redact

[ri-dakt] / rɪˈdækt /
VERB
bowdlerize
Synonyms




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Ritter filed a highly redacted Superior Court lawsuit in September seeking to set aside the 2024 settlement, claiming it reflected an “extreme inequality of bargaining power” while the arbitration clause was “unconscionable.”

From Los Angeles Times

Some members from the Gang of Eight — the bipartisan leadership of congressional intelligence committees — read a version of the whistleblower complaint, but it was apparently redacted.

From Salon

It shows the former US president lounging in a hot tub with someone else, whose face is redacted.

From BBC

Some files were redacted, and officials have acknowledged that other files were not released at all.

From BBC

The law prohibits the department from withholding or redacting files because they could be embarrassing to public figures.

From The Wall Street Journal