antiburglary

Against home intruders

Antiburglary describes measures designed to prevent break-ins: antiburglary locks, antiburglary alarm systems, antiburglary lighting.

The term appears mainly in technical and commercial contexts—security product descriptions, insurance policies, building codes.

systems

alarm

Urgent warning signal

monitoring · detection · floodlight · keypads

hardware

deadbolt

Key-operated door lock

  • lockMechanism requiring a key
  • padlockPortable locking device
  • boltThreaded rod for nuts

latch · reinforcement · gate · fence · barrier · shutter · grille · safe · vault · strongbox

deterrence

lighting

Art of illuminating spaces

patrol · decoy · stickers

prevention

safeguard

Precaution against harm

fortification · hardening

Opposites
stance toward burglary/intrusion

antiburglaryburglary

Illegal entry to commit crime

break-in · housebreaking · intrusion · unlawful entry · robbery

Family

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