antiholdup

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adjective

Serving as a deterrent against gunpoint robbery.

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Meanings

adjectiveantiholdup (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecriminologyServing as a deterrent against gunpoint robbery.

    German bank officials in Darmstadt are transferring money in a new antiholdup bank van that carries a vat of dye in the top.

    1972 February, Popular Mechanics, volume 137, number 2, page 20

Origin

From anti- + hold-up.

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APA

antiholdup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiholdup

MLA

“antiholdup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiholdup. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antiholdup,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiholdup.

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