"anticheat" meaning in English

See anticheat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-anticheat.wav
Etymology: From anti- + cheat. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|cheat}} anti- + cheat Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} anticheat (not comparable)
  1. Preventing or opposing cheating. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-anticheat-en-adj-uYbvQ~Xg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with anti-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anti-: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-anticheat.wav Forms: anticheats [plural]
Etymology: From anti- + cheat. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|cheat}} anti- + cheat Head templates: {{en-noun}} anticheat (plural anticheats)
  1. (video games) A piece of software that detects and prevents cheating. Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-anticheat-en-noun-NhGoMl~c Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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