noun, verb
noun a person whose job is to examine books, films/movies, etc. and remove parts which are considered offensive, immoral or politically dangerous
verb [VN] to remove the parts of a book, film/movie, etc. that are considered offensive, immoral or politically dangerous:
The news reports had been heavily censored.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for censor is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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