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censor

[sen-ser] / ˈsɛn sər /


NOUN
someone who suppresses information
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Sections 2 and 8: Appointed censors: Check out the segment about “covered transactions.”

From Salon

Viewers at home couldn’t hear that part in real-time; it was censored.

From Salon

Little information filters through to the public in the tightly-controlled state, with the war next door virtually non-existent in censored state media.

From Barron's

Mr. Millepied’s urge to reinterpret for contemporary audiences Prokofiev’s often heavy-going score, which the composer created under the thumb of Soviet censors, seems more than understandable.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the latter case, it’s a question of who do we censor in our public spaces, how we make sure our public spaces are accountable to people.

From Salon