to unseal
- verb
- /ʌnˈsiːl/
- The attorney filed a request to unseal the evidence in order to present a more complete argument.
- left unsealed
The criminal case was unsealed on Tuesday morning as lawmakers in Washington conducted a hearing into the FTX bankruptcy.
- The criminal case was unsealed on Tuesday morning as lawmakers in Washington conducted a hearing into the FTX bankruptcy.
Examples
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons requires that letters to prisoners are sent in unsealed envelopes.
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Later that morning, a 15-count, 29-page indictment was unsealed in U.S. District.
Blog text (22) -
The GOP should put pressure on him to unseal all of his records.
Blog text (5) -
In a few minutes I will give orders to unseal the decks.
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If your client won't sign, you cannot move the court to unseal them.
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She ruled to unseal the documents.
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ABC, wanting to make public certain Philip Morris documents, asked that they be unsealed.
Academic text (1995) -
Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed in Federal Court in the Northern District of lllinois, charging Jamal Abu Zikri with the assassination of the president of the United States with a rifle.
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The judge decided to unseal the confidential documents to provide transparency in the case.
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After much debate, the officials agreed to unseal the records that had been kept secret for years.
Synonyms
Make something not closed, for example by removing a lock or cover
Open something like a bottle or box to get what is inside
Open a closed container or use it for the first time
To open something by undoing a button or zipper
Remove the cap from something like a bottle or pen
Antonyms
How Open
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word unseal starts with un-, meaning 'reverse' or 'not', and ends with seal, which means 'to close tightly', as when you seal an envelope. So to unseal something is to open it by breaking or removing its seal.