English dictionary
censor
/'s/E/ns/@/r/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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someone who censures or condemns
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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.
Source: webster1913
verb
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forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
Synonyms banSource: WordNet 3.0
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subject to political, religious, or moral censorship
ExamplesThis magazine is censored by the government.
Source: WordNet 3.0