Similar words: espionage, counterrevolutionary, counterexample, counteraction, countertransference, counterrevolution, counter-, counter. Meaning: [‚'kaʊntər'espjənɪdʒ] 
n. spying on the spies.
n. spying on the spies. 
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1. They're political - a small counter-espionage unit.
2. Without ciphers and diplomatic bags, espionage and counter-espionage actions were likely to be circumscribed.
3. But the republican counter-espionage was highly organized, and early in 1814 he was arrested, tried and condemned to death.
4. By late May and early June, counterespionage officials grew concerned that several of the spies were planning to leave the country this summer and concluded they would have to arrest them.
5. He began his career handling Soviet counterespionage for the FBI, until Hoover sacked him for drunkenness.
6. By the time the conference call ended, it was nearly midnight at Bank of America’s headquarters in Charlotte, N.C., but the bank’s counterespionage work was only just beginning.
7. One of its leaders, named Saadati, was arrested while passing to the KGB a counterespionage file the group had taken when it attacked the Shah’s secret-police offices.
More similar words: espionage, counterrevolutionary, counterexample, counteraction, countertransference, counterrevolution, counter-, counter, counterfeiter, encounter, counter to, counterterrorism, counterintelligence, counteract, countertop, countermand, managerial accounting, counterplea, counter offer, counterpane, counteroffer, countermine, countervail, counterfoil, counterpart, counterfeit, countersign, mount everest, counterpunch, run counter to.