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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

"The Rédacteur vill not redact long, hein?" he said presently.

From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Israel Zangwill

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 report also redacts the names of some members of the hierarchy who helped protect them.

From New York Times Apr. 5, 2023

In Freedom of Information Act requests, the Department of Agriculture redacts anything that could reveal the location of an agricultural operation.

From Seattle Times Mar. 13, 2023

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

Numerous victims have said that their names and other sensitive information were not properly redacted in the files and criticized Blanche and the department for failing to investigate Epstein’s potential co-conspirators.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

This president’s name is no mystery to readers, but perhaps out of legal caution it always appears blacked out, as though the novel were a redacted intelligence document.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

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

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

But it said those factors did not explain the long delays before work on redacting the documents began and noted the "significant resources" available to the government.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

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

There sit Robespierre and Company, embraced by Municipals and Jacobins, in sacred right of Insurrection; redacting Proclamations; sounding tocsins; corresponding with Sections and Mother Society.

From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle




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