counterintelligence

noun

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

Roots

contracounter- · Latin · against, opposite lego-lig · Latin · choose, read

Synonyms for counterintelligence

counterespionagen espionagen intelligencen spyingn surveillancen wiretappingv

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