redacts
Obscures sensitive information
Redacts is the third-person singular form of redact, meaning to edit or prepare text for publication, but now almost always meaning to censor by obscuring or removing sensitive information.
Government documents are redacted before release, with black bars covering classified material: The FBI redacts names of confidential informants.
The word carries connotations of official secrecy and selective disclosure.
Formal written records
- reportsFormal written findings
- declassifiedMade publicly accessible
- FOIAFederal transparency statute
- governmentAuthority over a state
intelligence · security · confidential · sensitive · clearance · memoranda · dossiers · briefings
Takes something out
- deletesRemoves stored information
- strikesRefusals to work collectively
- editsAlters for improvement
- excisesRemoves by cutting
cuts · omits · eliminates · erases · expunges · revises · amends · modifies
Restricted from disclosure
- censoredSuppressed from publication
- withheldKept from giving
- suppressedForcibly held down
- expungedOfficially removed completely
sanitized · obscured · blanked · removed · deleted · struck · excised · concealed
Personal identifying words
- addressesLocations for correspondence
- identifiersMarkers that specify something
- SSNFederal identification number
- emailsDigital written messages
anonymizes · protects · shields · safeguards · HIPAA · GDPR · confidentiality · birthdate
documents
Formal written records
- reportsFormal written findings
- declassifiedMade publicly accessible
- FOIAFederal transparency statute
government · intelligence · security · confidential · sensitive · clearance · memoranda · dossiers · briefings · transcripts
removes
Takes something out
excises · cuts · omits · eliminates · erases · expunges · revises · amends · modifies · alters
classified
Restricted from disclosure
- censoredSuppressed from publication
- withheldKept from giving
- suppressedForcibly held down
expunged · sanitized · obscured · blanked · removed · deleted · struck · excised · concealed · hidden
names
Personal identifying words
- addressesLocations for correspondence
- identifiersMarkers that specify something
- SSNFederal identification number
emails · anonymizes · protects · shields · safeguards · HIPAA · GDPR · confidentiality · birthdate · signatures
- leaving outomits, skips, excludes, bypasses, passes over
- redacted textConcealed sensitive information
- redaction criticismStudy of textual editing processes
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