redact

transitive verb

To draw up or frame (a proclamation, for example).

transitive verb

To make ready for publication; edit or revise.

transitive verb

To delete or remove (private or sensitive information) from a document in preparation for publication.

To bring to a specified form or condition; force or compel to assume a certain form; reduce.

To bring into a presentable literary form; edit.

transitive verb

To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.

verb

To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.

verb

To censor, used by a government when parts of a document are kept secret and the remainder released.

verb

To black out text for other purposes, such as in law, when legally protected sections of text are obscured in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.

noun

someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication