counterespionage

noun

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as in counterintelligence

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Recent Examples of counterespionage Currently, Roddy and Whelan are both mere novices in the dark arts of counterespionage. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025 Other than the counterespionage law amendment, Beijing has in recent years expanded the remit of its national security apparatus through sweeping legislation, giving authorities broader powers to scrutinize foreign nationals and organizations. — John Liu, CNN Money, 23 July 2025 But the ruling raises serious questions about the agency, which focuses on counterespionage, terrorism and sabotage. — Willem Marx, NPR, 3 July 2025 Hobbs' spokesperson, Christian Slater, said the governor's proposal was not a response to the chorus of conservative criticism of her veto but a result of her concern that the prior bill was not an effective counterespionage measure. — Stacey Barchenger, AZCentral.com, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for counterespionage
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  1. counterintelligence
  2. espionage
  3. spying
  4. intelligence
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  • Intelligence services have seen signs of specific planning by Russia to conduct sabotage operations in Denmark, Emil Græsholm, head of counterintelligence at the national security and intelligence service PET, told the Berlingske newspaper.
    — Claudia Ciobanu, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • By the time of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, counterintelligence coverage was already being used as a broader tool of social control.
    — Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of counterintelligence
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  • In outline, these are elegant Bond-villain machines for faceless, leaderless, pervasive espionage and assassination, the stuff of paranoid nightmares and stochastic violence.
    — Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
  • One of the most striking indications of the scale of this campaign is the explosion of high treason and espionage prosecutions since the start of the war.
    — Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of espionage
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  • China’s foreign ministry in June confirmed the ‌arrest of Min Zin, saying he was suspected of spying and of endangering Chinese national security.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Two of the analysts gave evidence, expressing remorse for their actions but saying they were pushed into going on the spying trips.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of spying
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  • Soundcore Earbuds Labor Day Weekend Deal The Soundcore Space A40 Earbuds build an invisible wall against the chaos with an adaptive ANC intelligence matrix that actively isolates up to 98% of ambient noise.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Germany's domestic intelligence classifies the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt as extremist.
    — Esme Nicholson, NPR, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of intelligence

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