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censor

[sen-ser] / ˈsɛn sər /


NOUN
someone who suppresses information
Synonyms


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Cerf “wasn’t afraid to tell her that he considered her philosophy of rational selfishness ‘abhorrent,’” Ms. Feldman writes, “but at the same time, he promised that if RH published her, ‘nobody’ would be a censor.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Their hospitality carries a message the regime cannot censor: Iranians long to reconnect with the world that was pushed away from them.

From Salon

It has described how journalists are now censoring themselves and are fearful about what might happen to them.

From BBC

"When a film is accessible to a hundred people on a platform with poor security, it can quickly be pirated and circulated everywhere," said Mustapha, the censor board secretary.

From Barron's

Hu's book passed the censors, with a few adaptations, sticking to social commentary and refraining from criticism.

From Barron's