counterintelligence
pronunciation
How to pronounce counterintelligence in British English:
UK ['kaʊntərɪnˌtelɪdʒəns]
How to pronounce counterintelligence in American English:
US [ˌkaʊntərɪn'telədʒəns]
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
- counterintelligence (n.)
- also counter-intelligence, 1940, from counter- + intelligence.
Example
- 1. The special executive for counterintelligence .
- 2. Most of the unit 's soldiers are tactical counterintelligence agents .
- 3. International journal of intelligence and counterintelligence .
- 4. The former cia counterintelligence agent netted about $ 4.6 million for selling his services to the soviet union .
- 5. Pictured here in a portrait taken in commemoration of his 20th anniversary with the fbi , hanssen , who worked in counterintelligence , sold out to the soviets in 1979 , after only three years at the bureau .
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