redact
pronunciation
How to pronounce redact in British English:
UK [rɪ'dækt]
How to pronounce redact in American English:
US [rɪ'dækt]
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- Noun:
- someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication
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- Verb:
- formulate in a particular style or language
- prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
Word Origin
- redact (v.)
- early 15c., "bring into organized form," from Latin redactus, past participle of redigere "to drive back, force back; bring back; collect, call in; bring down, reduce," from re- "back, again" (see re-) + agere "to drive" (see act (n.)). Specific meaning "arrange, edit" is from 1851.
Example
- 1. In many cases , including new hampshire -- my state of residence -- little or no attempt has been made to redact sensitive personal data such as social security numbers before moving those records online .
- 2. This week , a spokesman for wikileaks , daniel schmitt , told the website the daily beast that his organization had requested defense department help to redact the names of civilians in the unreleased documents .
- 3. Each department of government aims for advancing various projects about preventing and relieving the disasters whose purpose is reducing the possible damages of disasters through the concept of disaster management to redact the related strategies and copings .
- 4. Assange said today that they had tried to comply with a private white house request to redact the names of informants before publication . But the us authorities had refused to assist them .