code-lift

verb

To copy an entire function without understanding it to use outside a secured system

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Meanings

verbcode-lift (third-person singular simple present code-lifts, present participle code-lifting, simple past and past participle code-lifted)

present singular third person code-lifts · participle present code-lifting · participle past code-lifted · past code-lifted

  1. computingTo copy an entire function without understanding it to use outside a secured system

    I decided to address all the encoding layers of DroidGuard through code lifting

    2022, Romain Thomas, “DroidGuard: A Deep Dive into SafetyNet”, in SSTIC
    1 more example

    a white-box implementation is besides the point if the attacker can easily code-lift the white-box as a whole

    2017 August 22, “Assessing Software Protection Schemes”, in OWASP Mobile Security Testing Guide
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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