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

  • Officials at NSA object to the use of the word censored; they prefer redacted.

    DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001

  • Officials at NSA object to the use of the word censored; they prefer redacted.

    DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001

  • Officials at NSA object to the use of the word censored; they prefer redacted.

    DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001

  • Officials at NSA object to the use of the word censored; they prefer redacted.

    DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001

  • 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.

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • 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

  • Last September, Craigslist shuttered its controversial adult services section, replacing the link with the word "censored" in bold black font.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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