antitheft

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adjective

Against or preventing from being stolen.

“The antitheft device meant the thief could not leave the store.”

OriginEnglish theft ← Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-) ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti →
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Meanings

adjectiveantitheft (not comparable)

alternative anti-theft

  1. not comparableAgainst or preventing from being stolen.

    The antitheft device meant the thief could not leave the store.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Englishtheft
  8. Englishantitheft

From anti- + theft.

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Translations

Catalan antirobatori
  • antirobatoripreventing from being stolen
Chinese Mandarin 防盜 /防盗
  • 防盜 /防盗 (fángdào)preventing from being stolen
Estonian vargusevastane, ärandamisvastane
  • vargusevastanepreventing from being stolen
  • ärandamisvastanepreventing from being stolen
Finnish varkaudenesto- (as in varkaudenestolaite)
  • varkaudenesto- (as in varkaudenestolaite)preventing from being stolen
French antivol, anti-vol
  • antivolpreventing from being stolen
  • anti-volpreventing from being stolen
German diebstahlsicher, einbruchsicher
  • diebstahlsicherpreventing from being stolen
  • einbruchsicherpreventing from being stolen
Greek αντικλεπτικό, αντικλεπτικός
  • αντικλεπτικό (antikleptikó)preventing from being stolen
  • αντικλεπτικός (antikleptikós)preventing from being stolen
Hungarian lopásgátló
  • lopásgátlópreventing from being stolen
Italian antifurto
  • antifurtopreventing from being stolen
Japanese 盗難防止
  • 盗難防止 (tōnanbōshi)preventing from being stolen
Korean 도난 방지
  • 도난 방지 (donan bangji)preventing from being stolen
Polish antykradzieżowy, przeciwkradzieżowy
  • antykradzieżowypreventing from being stolen
  • przeciwkradzieżowypreventing from being stolen
Portuguese antifurto, antirroubo
  • antifurtopreventing from being stolen
  • antirroubopreventing from being stolen
Russian антикра́жный, про̀тивокра́жный
  • антикра́жный (antikrážnyj)preventing from being stolen
  • про̀тивокра́жный (pròtivokrážnyj)preventing from being stolen
Spanish antirrobo, antiatraco
  • antirrobopreventing from being stolen
  • antiatracopreventing from being stolen
Cite this entry
APA

antitheft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antitheft

MLA

“antitheft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antitheft. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antitheft,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antitheft.

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