censor
censor (sĕnʹsər) noun
1. A person authorized to examine books, films, or other material and to remove or suppress what is considered morally, politically, or otherwise objectionable.
2. An official, as in the armed forces, who examines personal mail and official dispatches to remove information considered secret or a risk to security.
3. One that condemns or censures.
4. One of two officials in ancient Rome responsible for taking the public census and supervising public behavior and morals.
5. Psychology. The agent in the unconscious that is responsible for censorship.
verb, transitive
censored, censoring, censors
To examine and expurgate.
[Latin cēnsor, Roman censor, from cēnsēre, to assess.]
cenʹsorable adjective
censoʹrial (sĕn-sôrʹē-əl, -sōrʹ-) adjective