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
Mr. Wray said the FBI counterspies are so busy they are opening a new Chinese counterintelligence probe on average every 12 hours.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 27, 2022
CIA counterspies at the Counterintelligence Mission Center over the last several years studied dozens of cases of foreigners working for the agency who were killed, arrested, imprisoned or otherwise compromised.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
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
