precensor

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ censor

Verb

precensor (third-person singular simple present precensors, present participle precensoring, simple past and past participle precensored)

1. (transitive) To censor in advance.
   • 2011, Sumita S. Chakravarty, National Identity in Indian Popular Cinema, 1947-1987, page 72:

     On April 29, 1953, a move was announced that would precensor all stories and scripts before they even reached the sets so that an "unlikely" story would not be passed by the precensor board.

Related terms

• precensorship