What is the meaning of censor?

noun

  • Someone who censures or condemns.
  • 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.

verb

  • Forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper.
  • Subject to political, religious, or moral censorship.
    • usage: "This magazine is censored by the government"
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