1. having sensitive or confidential information removed or blacked out from a document
Usage: often used in legal and government contexts

Examples

• The FBI released a heavily redacted version of the report.
• Several names were redacted from the court documents to protect privacy.
• The redacted email showed only fragments of the original message.
• Government officials provided redacted files to the journalists.
• The witness statement was so redacted that little information remained.
• Due to national security concerns, many pages were completely redacted.