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counterespionage

counterespionage

See also: counter-espionage

English

Alternative forms

counter-espionage

Noun

counterespionage ‎(uncountable)

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)