antiholdup

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English

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Etymology

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From anti- +‎ hold-up.

Adjective

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antiholdup (not comparable)

  1. Serving as a deterrent against gunpoint robbery.
    • 1972 February, Popular Mechanics, volume 137, number 2, page 20:
      German bank officials in Darmstadt are transferring money in a new antiholdup bank van that carries a vat of dye in the top.