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coun·ter·pick·et | \ ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌpi-kət 
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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.
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The first known use of counterpicket was in 1933
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