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counterintelligence

coun·te·rin·telligence

US/ˌkaʊntɜrɪˈntɛlɪdʒʌns/ rare

noun

1.

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

Origin

From counter- + intelligence.

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