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censor::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ban |
| Type of | criminalise, criminalize, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw |
| Has types | embargo |
censor::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | official, functionary |
| Derivation | censorial, censorship |
Examples of censor
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The government is known to censor reporting when an issue becomes too sensitive.
From the washingtontimes.com
Another day, another government trying to figure out how to censor the internet.
From the techcrunch.com
Waiting for Disgust to censor my reply as I said some pretty sharp things there.
From the independent.co.uk
There is some evidence that users self-censor in the presence of a watchful eye.
From the techcrunch.com
Lee said the North Korean government has never tried to censor what she reports.
From the cnn.com
We shouldn't censor it simply because the conclusion has political implications.
From the newscientist.com
I found that Google.cn tended to censor search results somewhat less than Baidu.
From the online.wsj.com
A censor censors because it is his nature, or gives him some personal advantage.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Maybe it is different this time, since the internet is more difficult to censor.
From the newscientist.com
- Ban: forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
- Someone who censures or condemns
- 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
- Subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government"
- (censorship) censoring: counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy
- The censor was an officer in ancient Rome who was responsible for maintaining the census, supervising public morality, and overseeing certain aspects of the government's finances.
- Censor is a single by the band Skinny Puppy created for the song "Dogshit".
- (Censored (Private Snafu)) Private Snafu is the title character of a series of black-and-white American instructional cartoon shorts produced between 1943 and 1945 during World War II. The character was created by director Frank Capra, chairman of the U.S. ...
- (Censoring (clinical trials)) The term censoring is used in clinical trials to refer to mathematically removing a patient from the survival curve at the end of their follow-up time. Censoring a patient will reduce the sample size for analyzing after the time of the censorship. ...
