Noun

(en noun)

Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.

Continuous monitoring of disease occurrence for example.

(military, espionage) Systematic observation of places and people by visual, aural, electronic, photographic or other means.

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(legal) In criminal law, an investigation process by which police gather evidence about crimes, or suspected crime, through continued observation of persons or places.

Noun

(en noun)

(history) A Roman magistrate, originally a census administrator, by Classical times a high judge of public behavior and morality

The Ancient censors were part of the ''cursus honorum , a series of public offices held during a political career, like consuls and praetors.

An official responsible for the removal of objectionable or sensitive content

The headmaster is an even stricter censor''' for his boarding pupils' correspondence than the enemy ' censors had been for his own when the country was occupied.

One who censures or condemns

(psychology) A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious

(acronym ) Censors Ensure No Secrets Over Radios