All 3 Uses
censor
in
When the Emperor Was Divine
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- On the back of every envelope was stamped "Censored, War Department," or "Detained Alien Enemy Mail."†
p. 10.9 *censored = removed or suppressed something considered obscene, immoral, or politically unacceptable
- At the bottom of the card there was a P.S. and then a line of text that had been blacked out by the censors.†
p. 42.8censors = removes or suppress anything considered obscene, immoral, or politically unacceptable OR people who does such suppression
- Sometimes entire sentences had been cut out with a razor blade by the censors and the letters did not make any sense.†
p. 59.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(censor as related to censorship) 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 - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)