contre-espionnagen.
/kɒnˈtrɛspɪəˌnɑːʒ/ = counter-espionage n. Also attributive.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > counter-espionage > [noun]
counter-espionage1899
contre-espionnage1919
counter-intelligence1940
phylactology1966
1919 J. Buchan Mr. Standfast xiii. 233 A sensible man would have gone off to the contre-espionage people and told them his story.
1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 511/2 The object of contre-espionnage is, first and foremost, prevention.
1938 R. W. Rowan Story Secret Serv. xxviii. 193 Réal and Desmarest who casually invented the modern system of spying upon spies, which honours its originators with its generally accepted French title of contre-espionnage.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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