censor
/ˈsɛnsɚ/
- Noun
- a person who examines books, movies, letters, etc., and removes things that are considered to be offensive, immoral, harmful to society, etc.
- Government censors deleted all references to the protest.
- Verb
- to examine books, movies, letters, etc., in order to remove things that are considered to be offensive, immoral, harmful to society, etc.
- The station censored her speech before broadcasting it.
- His report was heavily censored.
- The government censored [=removed] all references to the protest.