Abstract. We derive Hardy inequalities in weighted Sobolev spaces via anticoercive partial differential inequalities of elliptic type involving ALaplacian −ΔAu = −divA(∇u) ≥ Φ, where Φ is a given locally integrable function and u is defined on an open subset Ω ⊆ R n . Knowing solutions we derive Caccioppoli inequalities for u. As a consequence we obtain Hardy inequalities for compactly supported Lipschitz functions involving certain measures, having the formwhereĀ(t) is a Young function related to A and satisfying Δ -condition, while FĀ(t) = 1/(Ā(1/t)). Examples involvingĀ(t) = t p log α (2+t), p ≥ 1, α ≥ 0 are given. The work extends our previous work (Skrzypczaki, in Nonlinear Anal TMA 93:30-50, 2013), where we dealt with inequality −Δpu ≥ Φ, leading to Hardy and Hardy-Poincaré inequalities with the best constants. Mathematics Subject Classification (2010). Primary 26D10; Secondary 31B05, 35D30, 35J60, 35R45.