1. the act or practice of examining and suppressing content before it is published, broadcast, or distributed to the public
Usage: often used in discussions of free speech and media control

1. to examine and suppress or restrict content before publication or distribution
Usage: present participle of precensor

Examples

• The government was accused of precensoring news articles critical of its policies.
• Precensoring of social media posts raised concerns about freedom of expression.
• The publisher denied precensoring the author's manuscript for political reasons.
• Many journalists oppose precensoring as a violation of press freedom.
• The school board faced criticism for precensoring student newspaper content.
• Precensoring of online content has become increasingly common in some countries.