1. a person or official who examines material before publication or distribution to suppress objectionable content

1. to examine and suppress or delete objectionable material from a work before its publication or release

Examples

• The government appointed a precensor to review all newspapers before they went to print.
• The film studio hired a precensor to check the script for controversial scenes.
• During wartime, military precensors reviewed all correspondence leaving the base.
• The publisher decided to precensor the manuscript to avoid legal issues.
• Critics argued that the precensor's role violated freedom of speech.
• The precensor removed several passages from the author's original text.
• Many countries have abolished the position of precensor in recent decades.