a person authorized to examine publications, theatrical presentations, films, letters, etc, in order to suppress in whole or part those considered obscene, politically unacceptable, etc

any person who controls or suppresses the behaviour of others, usually on moral grounds

(in republican Rome) either of two senior magistrates elected to keep the list of citizens up to date, control aspects of public finance, and supervise public morals

the postulated factor responsible for regulating the translation of ideas and desires from the unconscious to the conscious mind

to ban or cut portions of (a publication, film, letter, etc)

to act as a censor of (behaviour, etc)