Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A spy working in opposition to enemy espionage.
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- noun A
spy working incounterintelligence .
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- noun a spy who works against enemy espionage
Etymologies
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Examples
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"I Led Three Lives" was on before I was ten years old, and I remembered the term counterspy for years ... with the wrong meaning of counter
Knowledge is Power 2010
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Amis meant civil servant as a euphemism for "counterspy," or, stated even more bluntly, a professional assassin.
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"Traitor" is an updated variation on the story of the 'counterspy' who is known only to one person in the not-so-safe and not-so-cooperative bureaucracy.
EclipseMagazine 2009
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"Traitor" is an updated variation on the story of the 'counterspy' who is known only to one person in the not-so-safe and not-so-cooperative bureaucracy.
EclipseMagazine 2009
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The pudgy counterspy was characterized as “a sensitive, dynamic, extremely intelligent man with a fantastic memory.”
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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What the Russians did not know, however, was that he was actually serving as a U.S. counterspy and feeding them only secret documents “approved” by the FBI.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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The pudgy counterspy was characterized as “a sensitive, dynamic, extremely intelligent man with a fantastic memory.”
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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His business setbacks—he had filed for bankruptcy twice—may also have motivated him to seek a new career as a counterspy.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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What the Russians did not know, however, was that he was actually serving as a U.S. counterspy and feeding them only secret documents “approved” by the FBI.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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His business setbacks—he had filed for bankruptcy twice—may also have motivated him to seek a new career as a counterspy.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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