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counterespionage

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coun·ter·es·pi·o·nage  (kountr-sp--näzh, -nj)
n.
Espionage undertaken to detect and counteract enemy espionage.

counterespionage [ˌkaʊntərˈɛspɪəˌnɑːʒ]
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) activities designed to detect and counteract enemy espionage

That aspect of counterintelligence designed to detect, destroy, neutralize, exploit, or prevent espionage activities through identification, penetration, manipulation, deception, and repression of individuals, groups, or organizations conducting or suspected of conducting espionage activities.
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Noun1.counterespionage - spying on the spies
counterintelligence - intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism
Translations
counterespionage [ˌkaʊntərˈɛspɪəˌnɑːʒ] ncontrospionaggio
counterespionage [ˌkaʊntərˈɛspɪəˌnɑːʒ] ncontrospionaggio


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This reforming bent led the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID) to create a Secret Service in 1909, with two areas of operation: counterespionage and foreign intelligence.
Most often the POV is that of Jonathan, a Home Office counterespionage functionary.
Instead of applying the lessons learned in its organized-crime investigations, during which k had used an "enterprise" approach to bring down entire criminal organizations, or in counterespionage, where it patiently worked to roll up entire espionage rings, the Bureau insisted on treating terror attacks as simple acts of murder.
 
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