censurar — meaning in English

English meaning

• animadvert verb To criticise or find fault with something.
• censor noun An official who reviews books, films, or other media and removes content considered objectionable or dangerous.
• rebuke noun A sharp expression of disapproval; a scolding.
• redact verb To hide or take out certain parts of a document while keeping the rest.

Senses

censurar is used for these senses in English:

• animadvert (intransitive, law, archaic) To turn judicial attention (to); to criticise or punish.
• bowdlerize (transitive) To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.
• censor To review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, content from books, films, correspondence, and other media which is regarded as objectionable (for example, obscene, likely to incite violence, or sensitive).
• rebuke (of a person) To criticise harshly; to reprove.
• redact (usually, transitive) To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.

animadvert — full definition

1. verb To criticise or find fault with something.
2. verb To think carefully about something.
3. verb (law) To direct official attention towards something, in order to criticise or punish it.

censor — full definition

1. noun An official who reviews books, films, or other media and removes content considered objectionable or dangerous.
2. verb To examine and remove or block content judged unsuitable.

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