counterespionage

counterespionage

See also: counter-espionage

English

Alternative forms

• counter-espionage

Etymology

From counter- +‎ espionage

Noun

counterespionage (uncountable)

1. All those activities undertaken to neutralize or exploit the espionage activities of another nation or an enemy.

Synonyms

• counterintelligence

Translations

activities to prevent spying

Catalan: contraespionatge m Chinese: Mandarin: 反間諜 (zh), 反间谍 (zh) (fǎnjiàndié) Esperanto: kontraŭspionado Estonian: vastuluure Finnish: vastavakoilu (fi) French: contre-espionnage (fr) m German: Spionageabwehr f Italian: controspionaggio (it) m

Japanese: 防諜 (ja) (ぼうちょう, bōchō) Polish: kontrwywiad (pl) m Portuguese: contraespionagem f, contrainteligência f Russian: контршпиона́ж (ru) m (kontršpionáž), контрразве́дка (ru) f (kontrrazvédka) Spanish: contraespionaje m, contrainteligencia f Swedish: kontraspionage n Ukrainian: контррозві́дка f (kontrrozvídka) Vietnamese: phản gián (vi)