censorship

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy
noun deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances

From censor + -ship.

(Transcriber’s note: Some Victorian censorship here. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer
There's no censorship of the Journal. — Lone Star Planet, H. Beam Piper
Censorship of the Press in France. — A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon : For the Use of Schools and Colleges, Lord, John

censoring, security review

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