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antiholdup en · ADJ

Etymology

From anti- + hold-up.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Serving 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: