Deterred (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective

discouraged or restrained from acting or proceeding: A visible thief is a deterred thief, so installing motion-sensing lights on your property helps to protect it.
kept from happening; prevented or checked: Assuming that those 79,000 deterred property crimes have an average cost of $1,900 each, that’s a savings of over $150 million.

verb