counterspy
noun
a spy active in counterespionage.
counterspies
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pluralof counterspy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The CIA is the agency chiefly involved in spies and counterspies.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
U.S. intelligence officials have said Chinese counterspies rolled up scores of recruited U.S. agents in China beginning in 2010.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 21, 2022
Shanghai’s MSS bureau is focused on conducting operations against the United States and thus the information contained in the database would be useful for FBI and CIA counterspies engaged in tracking Chinese intelligence operations.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 6, 2022
The first targets of Iraq’s counterspies were CIA contacts in the fledgling Iraq National Intelligence Service, or INIS, set up by the CIA in 2004, Maguire and others say.
From Newsweek
Such a move has to be arranged in a complicated way, with cutouts, coded letters, and a “safe house,” a place where the case officer and his agent will not be detected by counterspies.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
