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Synonyms for censor

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Synonyms for censor

to examine (material) and remove parts considered harmful or improper for publication or transmission

to keep from being published or transmitted

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Synonyms for censor

someone who censures or condemns

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 unacceptable

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forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

subject to political, religious, or moral censorship

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It's the most sensitive day of the year for China's internet, the anniversary of the bloody June 4 crackdown on pro-democracy protests at Tiananmen Square, and with under two weeks to go, China's robot censors are working overtime.
The Pakistan Film Producers AssociaAtion, Central Film Censor Board, Punjab Film Censor Board and Sindh Film Censor Board had been made parties in the petition along with the cast of The Legend of Maula Jatt.
He also pleaded with the court to restrain the respondents from using the title, script and dialogues of the film Maula Jatt, and issuance of the censor certificate.
Besides this, the Sindh Film Censor Board, as well as the Central Board of Film Censors (CBFC), has given Gully Boy and Kala Shah Kala.
LAHORE -- Rishi Kapoor's upcoming film Mulk's trailer has been banned in Pakistan while no distributor is likely to import and present it to Central Board for Film Censors for clearance.
What Roskam and other congressmen need to take into consideration is that online news, social media, blogs and opposing views can all be censored if they do not sign.
LAHORE -- The Central Board of Film Censors (CBFC) has banned upcoming Bollywood film Veere Di Wedding from releasing Pakistan.
According to Pakistan Censor Board chief Mobashir Hasan, Pari was declared unfit for public exhibition by a panel followed by Central Board of Film Censors' (CBFC) full board review as it "flouts various sections of the existing rules and code of CBFC" and "innumerable dialogues and scenes are against the established religious, social and moral ethos".
A SCHOOL censored GCSE artwork because it showed women kissing.
Special censors who are working in Latvia's prisons each day read about 900 letters sent to or written by inmates, the Prison Administration informed.
The order that was passed by the revising committee is set aside and the censor board has been directed to issue certification to the film as per the direction of the High Court," the film's director Abhishek Chaubey told reporters on Monday after the judgement, which allows the film to release on its stipulated date June 17.