censor
Definitions of censor
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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 unacceptabletype of:funcionarioa worker who holds or is invested with an office
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someone who supervises (an examination)type of:supervisorone who supervises or has charge and direction of
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