counterpicket

noun

coun·ter·pick·et | \ ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌpi-kət

variants: or counter-picket

plural counterpickets or counter-pickets

Definition of counterpicket

: a person who acts as a picket (see picket entry 1 sense 3a) to counter or oppose a demonstration or protest Waitresses picketing … were met with counterpickets paid by the employers. —Alice Kessler Harris also : a demonstration or protest staged to counter or oppose another Some anti-union workers mounted a counterpicket.

Other words from counterpicket

counterpicket or counter-picket verb, transitive + intransitive counterpicketed or counter-picketed; counterpicketing or counter-picketing

The rally, on the waterfront, was counter-picketed by supporters of the project, some of whom waved placards from a flotilla of 23 boats in the harbour itself. —Tim O'Brien