counterintelligence (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *counterintelligence*:
NOUN	act	counterintelligence	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

counterintelligence > pronunciation
Sounds	kaw.nerihnteh'lihjhahns; kaw.nterihnteh'lihjhahns
Rhymes	abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns...

English > *counterintelligence*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	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.
Category	terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act	The calculated use of violence (or the threat / threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature
Narrower	censoring, censorship, security review	counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy
	counter-sabotage	counterintelligence designed to detect and counteract sabotage
	counterespionage	spying on the spies
	countersubversion	The aspect of counterintelligence designed to detect and prevent subversive activities
	security intelligence	intelligence on the identity and capability and intentions of hostile individuals or organizations that may be engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism
Broader	intelligence, intelligence activity, intelligence operation	The operation of gathering information about an enemy / enemy
Spanish	contrainteligencia
Catalan	contraintel·ligència

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