All 4 Uses of
censor
in
Obasan
- Broke up our families, told us who we could see, where we could live, what we could do, what time we could leave our houses, censored our letters, exiled us for no crime.†
Chpt 7censored = removed or suppressed something considered obscene, immoral, or politically unacceptable
- There's so much veiling and soft-pedaling because everything is censored by the RCMP.†
Chpt 14
- I'm told our letters aren't censored yet, but may be at any time.
Chpt 14 *censored = edited to remove anything authorities consider objectionable
- All cards and letters are censored—even to the Nisei camps.†
Chpt 14censored = removed or suppressed something considered obscene, immoral, or politically unacceptable
Definition:
to remove or suppress anything considered obscene, immoral, politically unacceptable, or a security threat
or:
a person who decides which such material should be removed or suppressed
or:
a person who decides which such material should be removed or suppressed