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censor
('s/E/ns/@/r )

noun (n)

  • someone who censures or condemns(noun.person)
    source: wordnet30
  • 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(noun.person)
    source: wordnet30
  • One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    ban
    source: wordnet30
  • subject to political, religious, or moral censorship(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    This magazine is censored by the government.
    source: wordnet30
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