Synonyms for counterespionage
ˌkaʊn tərˈɛs pi əˌnɑʒ, -nɪdʒcoun·teres·pi·onage

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1. counterespionagenoun

   Synonyms:
   counterintelligence

2. counterespionagenoun

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

   Synonyms:
   counterintelligence

Princeton's WordNet

1. counterespionagenoun

   spying on the spies

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1. • Counterintelligence

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How to use counterespionage in a sentence?

1. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker:

   We have to be on guard, at the Department of Justice, especially at the FBI, we had a unique view as to how to interrupt their effort. Justice Department's a counterespionage, counterintelligence, all of the kind of things that you do when other countries are trying to interfere in your domestic elections.

2. Greg Barbaccia:

   China remains one of the largest focuses of United States intelligence collection efforts and is only ramping up, the biggest challenge is that the Ministry of State Security (MSS) has a world-class counterintelligence and counterespionage operation. They have access to all the information that flows in, out, and through the country, as well as all possible information on their population. This makes for a supremely difficult environment to run a human source, or employ a technical collection capability.