I. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As time passed, however, the Church censors began to act as if the distinction were of no importance.
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However, Kahn may have had the last laugh in spite of his censors.
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In this form the censor permitted the book to pass.
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Ironically, SurfWatch has become something of a censor itself, since the company decides which sites to block.
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Party censors stamped out any arts they did not like.
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They know that his letters home will be read by censors, and that any indication of his whereabouts will be expunged.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Prisoners' letters were always heavily censored.
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The court ruled that student newspapers could not be censored by school officials.
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The government censored all letters and telegrams going abroad during the war.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As indicated, Spenser was unsuccessful, his tract censored.
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But he had been on the bad side of the government lately, having publicly criticized it for censoring authors.
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Film was still censored, but by more liberal standards than in 1945.
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It was an appalling thing to censor Picasso like that.
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Mail was censored, and there were no personal telephones.
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Private businesses and clubs can censor all they like.
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The works Mr Torode would refuse to censor differ in status.
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There was never any question of censoring his speech.