English noun: counterintelligence |
1. | counterintelligence (act) 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 |
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| Broader (hypernym) | intelligence, intelligence activity, intelligence operation |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | censoring, censorship, counter-sabotage, counterespionage, countersubversion, security intelligence, security review |
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| Domain category | act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act |
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