censor

cen·sor  (snsr)

n.

1. A person authorized to examine books, films, or other material and to remove or suppress what is considered morally, politically, or otherwise objectionable.

2. An official, as in the armed forces, who examines personal mail and official dispatches to remove information considered secret or a risk to security.

3. One that condemns or censures.

4. One of two officials in ancient Rome responsible for taking the public census and supervising public behavior and morals.

5. Psychology The agent in the unconscious that is responsible for censorship.

tr.v. cen·sored, cen·sor·ing, cen·sors

To examine and expurgate.

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[Latin cnsor, Roman censor, from cnsre, to assess; see kens- in Indo-European roots.]

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censor·a·ble adj.

cen·sori·al (sn-sôr-l, -sr-) adj.

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censor

Noun

a person authorized to examine films, letters, or publications, in order to ban or cut anything considered obscene or objectionable

Verb

to ban or cut portions of (a film, letter, or publication) [Latin censere to consider]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	censor - someone who censures or condemns individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	2.	censor - 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 functionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office
Verb	1.	censor - forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper) ban medium - an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication criminalise, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw, criminalize - declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S." embargo - ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons; "embargoed publications"
	2.	censor - subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government" blue-pencil, delete, edit - cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes" appraise, assess, evaluate, valuate, value, measure - evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk"

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censor

verb expurgate, cut, blue-pencil, bowdlerize

Translations

censor [ˈsɛnsəʳ] n → censor(a) m/f

vt (= cut) → censurar

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censor [ˈsɛnsəʳ] n → censeur m

vt → censurer

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censor [ˈsɛnsəʳ] n → Zensor(in) m(f)

vt → zensieren

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censor [ˈsɛnsəʳ] n → censore m

vt → censurare