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Definition of censure verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

censure

verb

NAmE//ˈsɛnʃər//

censure somebody (for something) (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they censure

he / she / it censures

past simple censured

-ing form censuring

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to criticize someone severely, and often publicly, because of something they have done synonym rebuke He was censured for leaking information to the press.

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