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Definition of Counterspies
1. counterspy [n] - See also: counterspy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterspies
Literary usage of Counterspies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1906)
"... so sterile of ideas and principles, and so prolific of sporadic anarchy, which
had been the curse of England, breeding as it did spies and counterspies, ..."
2. The History of England, from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of by Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher (1906)
"... so sterile of ideas and principles, and so prolific of sporadic anarchy, which
had been the curse of England, breeding as it did spies and counterspies, ..."
3. The Network Revolution: Confessions of a Computer Scientist by Jacques Vallee (1982)
"Again they are borrowing from the world of spies and counterspies, and that poses
a new problem because the intelligence world does not have the same needs ..."
4. Must We Fight Japan? by Walter Broughton Pitkin (1921)
"Organized espionage carried on by the steel interest is mentioned, with the
suggestion of spies and counterspies. At the very trial itself, men are removed ..."
5. The Journal of a Spy in Paris During the Reign of Terror: January-July, 1794 by Charles Robert Leslie Fletcher (1895)
"... have a counterspies. grudge against others, and as men are frequently arrested
and condemned to death on any man's denunciation, it is impossible to say ..."
6. Soviet Russia by Friends of Soviet Russia, Soviet Union Russian Soviet Government Bureau (New York, N.Y.) (1920)
"For instance, the Minister of White Russia was recently subjected to a careful
investigation by the counterspies, which, however, did not lead to any ..."
7. Basic Concepts in the Methodology of the Social Sciences by Johann Mouton, H. C. Marais (1988)
"Spies, counterspies, police, detectives, prosecutors, judges, psychiatrists, tax
collectors, probation officers, ... investigative journalists and all ..."
8. Relative Connections by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"(15), 1992 reported that your own US “counterspies” insist that Russian
spy “operations against the United States have shown no decline! ..."
9. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1906)
"... so sterile of ideas and principles, and so prolific of sporadic anarchy, which
had been the curse of England, breeding as it did spies and counterspies, ..."
10. The History of England, from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of by Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher (1906)
"... so sterile of ideas and principles, and so prolific of sporadic anarchy, which
had been the curse of England, breeding as it did spies and counterspies, ..."
11. The Network Revolution: Confessions of a Computer Scientist by Jacques Vallee (1982)
"Again they are borrowing from the world of spies and counterspies, and that poses
a new problem because the intelligence world does not have the same needs ..."
12. Must We Fight Japan? by Walter Broughton Pitkin (1921)
"Organized espionage carried on by the steel interest is mentioned, with the
suggestion of spies and counterspies. At the very trial itself, men are removed ..."
13. The Journal of a Spy in Paris During the Reign of Terror: January-July, 1794 by Charles Robert Leslie Fletcher (1895)
"... have a counterspies. grudge against others, and as men are frequently arrested
and condemned to death on any man's denunciation, it is impossible to say ..."
14. Soviet Russia by Friends of Soviet Russia, Soviet Union Russian Soviet Government Bureau (New York, N.Y.) (1920)
"For instance, the Minister of White Russia was recently subjected to a careful
investigation by the counterspies, which, however, did not lead to any ..."
15. Basic Concepts in the Methodology of the Social Sciences by Johann Mouton, H. C. Marais (1988)
"Spies, counterspies, police, detectives, prosecutors, judges, psychiatrists, tax
collectors, probation officers, ... investigative journalists and all ..."
16. Relative Connections by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"(15), 1992 reported that your own US “counterspies” insist that Russian
spy “operations against the United States have shown no decline! ..."