1. people who edit or revise written material for publication
2. people who remove or obscure sensitive information from documents

Examples

• The magazine’s redactors carefully reviewed each article before publication.
• Government redactors blacked out classified information in the released documents.
• The publishing house employed several redactors to prepare the manuscript.
• Legal redactors removed personal details from the court filing.
• The newspaper’s redactors worked late to meet the morning deadline.
• Military redactors ensured no sensitive data appeared in the report.