com|stock|er|y

com|stock|er|y
com|stock|er|y «KUHM stok uhr ee, KOM-», noun.
the carrying to extremes of suppression or censorship of works of literature or art for supposed obscenity.
[< Anthony Comstock, 1844-1915, an American reformer, + -ery]

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