censorship

Noun
  1. Counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy (synset 100822744)
    is a type of: counterintelligence - intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism
    subtypes:
    • military censorship - all types of censorship conducted by personnel of the armed forces
    • national censorship - censorship under civil authority of communications entering or leaving or crossing the borders of the United States or its territories or possessions
    same as: censoring, security review
  2. Deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances (synset 100398155)
    is a type of: deletion - the act of deleting something written or printed
    subtypes:
    • bowdlerism - censorship in the form of prudish expurgation
    • comstockery - censorship because of perceived obscenity or immorality
    same as: censoring

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