redact

Noun

someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication

Verb

Verb Forms: redacted, redacting, redacts

To prepare text for publication by editing or censoring.
formulate in a particular style or language
prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.
To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.
To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.
To draw up or frame a decree, statement, etc.
To bring together in one unit; to combine or bring together into one.
To gather or organize works or ideas into a unified whole; to collect, order, or write in a written document or to put into a particular written form.
To insert or assimilate into a written system or scheme.
To bring an area of study within the comprehension capacity of a person.
To reduce to a particular condition or state, especially one that is undesirable.
To reduce something physical to a certain form, especially by destruction.

Examples

By the time the Department of Defense is done redacting, there won't be much left to read.
He had to redact his Scrabble scores from the family ledger after a particularly bad losing streak.
The military will redact the document before releasing it, blacking out sections that are classified.
The names and email addresses of the users were redacted from the public data.

Origin / Etymology

From Old French redacter, from Latin redactus, perfect passive participle of redigō (“drive, lead, collect, reduce”), from re- (“back”) + agō (“put in motion, drive”). Piecewise doublet of react.

Synonyms

cast, couch, edit, frame, put, redactor, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter, collate

Scrabble Score: 9

redact: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
redact: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
redact: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

redact: valid Words With Friends Word