1. Deleting parts of publications, correspondence or theatrical performances
   "The censoring of the play removed all political references";
   - censorship
    
2. Counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy
   "The military imposed strict censoring on all outgoing communications";
   - censorship

1. Subject to political, religious, or moral censorship
   "This magazine is censored by the government"
    
2. Forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper)
   "The school board censored several books from the library";
   - ban

Type of: appraise, apprise [Brit, archaic], apprize [archaic], assess, counterintelligence, criminalise [Brit], criminalize, deletion, evaluate, illegalise [Brit], illegalize, measure, outlaw, scope, valuate [N. Amer], value

Encyclopedia: Censoring