censor
noun/ˈsensə(r)/
/ˈsensər/
- a person whose job is to examine books, films, etc. and remove parts that are considered to be offensive or a political threatTopics TV, radio and newsc1Oxford Collocations DictionaryCensor is used after these nouns:
- film
Word Originmid 16th cent. (referring to magistrates in ancient Rome who held censuses and supervised public morals): from Latin, from censere ‘assess’.Definitions on the go
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