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censor
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censor
v.
remove material (from books, movies, etc.) which is considered offensive or immoral
n.
person who censors (books, movies, etc.)
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Censor
Censor may refer to:
People and organizations
- Roman censor, a magistrate for maintaining the census, supervising public morality, etc.
- Censor Librorum, an expert called on to advise the bishop of diocese whether or not to grant an imprimatur.
- Imperial censorate, a high-level supervisory agency in ancient China, whose duties involved criticizing other officials.
- Censor of St Cuthbert's Society, employed by University of Durham to oversee Society members.
- Cato the Censor (Marcus Porcius Cato, 234–149 BC), Roman statesman.
- Censor (Christ Church, Oxford), the student of Christ Church, Oxford undertaking disciplinary duties assigned to deans of other colleges.
- Censor, the police of the Royal College of Physicians.
- Chief Censor of New Zealand, the head of the government's Office of Film and Literature Classification
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censor
Noun
1. a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable
(hypernym) official, functionary
Verb
1. forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
(synonym) ban
(hypernym) outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise
(hyponym) embargo
(classification) medium
2. subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government"
(hypernym) measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value
(hyponym) edit, blue-pencil, delete
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censor
nm.
censor
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censor
n.
corrector, censor; licenser
