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censor

noun verb

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

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Word length
6
Starts with
C
Ends with
R
Contains
ENSO
Scrabble score
8
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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noun

  1. 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

noun

  1. someone who censures or condemns

verb

  1. subject to political, religious, or moral censorship

    “This magazine is censored by the government”

verb

  1. forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper)

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This magazine is censored by the government

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