censornoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsen.sər/us/ˈsen.sɚ/a person whose job is to read books, watch films, etc. in order to remove anything offensive from them, or who reads private letters, especially ones sent during war or from prison, to remove parts considered unsuitable
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People who analyse and judge
- -basher
- adjudicator
- arbiter
- court of inquiry
- critic
- examiner
- external examiner
- investigator
- judge
- jury
- moderator
- monitor
- panel
- panellist
- rating agency
- referee
- reviewer
- star chamber
censorverb [ T ]
uk/ˈsen.sər/us/ˈsen.sɚ/to remove anything offensive from books, films, etc., or to remove parts considered unsuitable from private letters, especially ones sent during war or from a prison:
The book was heavily censored when first published.
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Forbidding and banning things
- abolish
- abolitionist
- ban
- bar
- blacklist
- clean
- curfew
- debar
- deny
- disallow
- disqualify
- forbid
- nix
- out of bounds idiom
- outlaw
- prohibit
- prohibition
- proscribe
- unauthorized
- veto
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