Usually means: Spy who counters other spies.
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  1. counterspy: Merriam-Webster
  2. counterspy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. counterspy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. counterspy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. counterspy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Counterspy, counterspy: Wordnik
  7. counterspy: Wiktionary
  8. counterspy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. counterspy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. counterspy: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. counterspy: Dictionary.com
  12. CounterSpy (magazine), CounterSpy (software), CounterSpy (video game), Counterspy (film), Counterspy (radio series), Counterspy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. counterspy: Rhymezone
  14. counterspy: FreeDictionary.org
  15. counterspy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. counterspy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. counterspy: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (counterspy)

▸ noun:  A spy working in counterintelligence.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To carry out counterespionage.

Similar:
mole, spycatcher, countersniper, operative, double agent, countersorcerer, counterworker, company man, counterplanner, counterplotter, more...

Opposite:
spy, double agent, infiltrator

Types:
double agent, mole, plant, informant, snitch, source, more...

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Similar:
mole, spycatcher, countersniper, operative, double agent, countersorcerer, counterworker, company man, counterplanner, counterplotter, more...

Opposite:
spy, double agent, infiltrator

Types:
double agent, mole, plant, informant, snitch, source, more...



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