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Meaning of counterespionage in English

counterespionage
noun [ U ]
uk
/ˌkaʊn.tərˈes.pi.ə.nɑːʒ/ us
/ˌkaʊn.t̬ɚˈes.pi.ə.nɑːʒ/
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secret action taken by a country to prevent another country from discovering its military, industrial, or political secrets:
counterespionage officer Of all the West German counterespionage officers I had met, he was clearly the most competent.
In 1946, Seattle's ongoing counterespionage work paid off when agents arrested Frederick Bieber, a Soviet agent.
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