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encrypt
[ en-kript ]
verb (used with object)
- to convert (a message or the like) into cipher or code:
The letter was encrypted before being mailed to protect it from any prying eyes.
- Computers. to change (digital data) into a form that cannot be read without converting it back using a unique key:
The protocol encrypts all of your personal information, including credit card number, name, and address, so that it cannot be stolen.
encrypt
/ ɪˈɪ /
verb
- to put (a message) into code
- to put (computer data) into a coded form
- to distort (a television or other signal) so that it cannot be understood without the appropriate decryption equipment
encrypt
- To alter information using a code or mathematical algorithm so as to be unintelligible to unauthorized readers.
Derived Forms
- ˈپDz, noun
- ˈٱ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ··پDz ··ٲ·پDz [en-krip-, tey, -sh, uh, n], noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of encrypt1
Word History and Origins
Origin of encrypt1
Example Sentences
The encrypted phone network, developed in about 2016, was almost exclusively being used by criminals three years later.
The interview comes a month after Mr Goldberg published a story about being added to a secret group chat on the encrypted texting app Signal.
It says that the end-to-end encrypted services which they offer "continue to pose an unacceptable, major risk to children".
"Meta can't read any other messages in your personal chats, as your personal messages remain end to end encrypted," it says.
He organised the import, sourced the drugs through international connections and used the encrypted communications platform EncroChat to plan his drug runs, the NCA said.
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