Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Passed upon, revised, or expurgated by a censor: as, censored war news.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective suppressed or subjected to censorship. Opposite of
uncensored .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having had objectionable content removed; being something someone has
censored . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
censor .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective suppressed or subject to censorship
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Examples
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Officials at NSA object to the use of the word censored; they prefer redacted.
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
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Officials at NSA object to the use of the word censored; they prefer redacted.
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
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Officials at NSA object to the use of the word censored; they prefer redacted.
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
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Officials at NSA object to the use of the word censored; they prefer redacted.
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
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The row came to a head after the Sunday Herald newspaper in Scotland published a thinly-concealed front page photograph of Giggs, showing his face with his eyes blacked out and the word "censored" written over the top.
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The row came to a head after the Sunday Herald newspaper in Scotland published a thinly-concealed front page photograph of Giggs, showing his face with his eyes blacked out and the word "censored" written over the top.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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Last September, Craigslist shuttered its controversial adult services section, replacing the link with the word "censored" in bold black font.
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The row came to a head after the Sunday Herald newspaper in Scotland published a thinly-concealed front page photograph of Giggs, showing his face with his eyes blacked out and the word "censored" written over the top.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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Scotland's Herald newspaper on Sunday published a picture of the soccer player, with a black band across his eyes and the word "censored" in capital letters.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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Its front page has an image of a man whose eyes are covered with a black bar which features the word "censored".
BBC News - Home 2011
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