Fillet (redaction)
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fillet-redaction-269-3265274
title:
Fillet (redaction)
text:
To fillet in the sense of literary editing is a form of censorship or redaction effected by "cutting out" central letters of a word or name, as if the skeleton of a fish, and replacing them with dashes, to prevent full disclosure. It was frequently practiced in publications of the 18th century in England. Its purpose was to inform interested readers in an obfuscated manner whilst at the same time avoiding the risk of being sued for illegal publication or defamation or libel by the overt naming o
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Form of redaction using dashes within words
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fillet_(redaction)
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date modified:
2024-01-04T06:44:09Z
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