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privated

privated is the simple past and past participle of private.

Meaning of private

Verb

private (third-person singular simple present privates, present participle privating, simple past and past participle privated)

  1. (Internet, transitive) To make something hidden from the public (without deleting it permanently).
    • During these negotiations, however, the Kleins say that Hosseinzadeh issued a copyright takedown for the video — even after it had already been privated.2016 May 25, Geoff Weiss, “H3h3Productions Sued For Copyright Infringement By MattHossZone, Spotlighting Fraught Issue Of Fair Use”, in Tubefilter

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Questions about privated

What is privated the simple past and past participle of?
Privated is the simple past and past participle of private.

Words near privated in the dictionary

  1. private-sector
  2. private-use character
  3. private-use characters
  4. private-wire house
  5. private-wire houses
  6. privated
  7. privateer
  8. privateered
  9. privateering
  10. privateerings
  11. privateers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: privated (page history and authors); private (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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