1. (

• censor ,

) someone who censures or condemns ;

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 ;

1. (

• ban ,
• censor

) forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper) ;

2. (

• censor

) subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government" ;