CENSOR

Censor

Censor is a 2001 Indian Bollywood film directed and produced by Dev Anand. It stars Dev Anand, Jackie Shroff, Hema Malini in pivotal roles.

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censor

Noun

  1. A Roman magistrate, originally a census administrator, by Classical times a high judge of public behavior and morality
    The Ancient censors were part of the cursus honorum'', a series of public offices held during a political career, like consuls and praetors.
  2. An official responsible for the removal of objectionable or sensitive content
    ''The headmaster is an even stricter censor for his boarding pupils' correspondence than the enemy censors had been for his own when the country was occupied.
  3. One who censures or condemns
  4. A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious
  5. (acronym) Censors Ensure No Secrets Over Radios

Verb

  1. To review in order to remove objectionable content from correspondence or public media, either by legal criteria or with discretionary powers
    The man responsible for censoring films has seen some things in his time.
  2. To remove objectionable content
    ''Occupying powers typically censor anything reeking of resistance


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