"countersurveillance" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From counter- + surveillance. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|counter|surveillance}} counter- + surveillance Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} countersurveillance (uncountable)
  1. The art of evading surveillance Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Espionage Synonyms: antisurveillance, counter-surveillance Translations (the art of evading surveillance): vastatiedustelu (Finnish), contre-surveillance [feminine] (French), Überwachungsabwehr [feminine] (German), contravigilância [feminine] (Portuguese), контрнаблюде́ние (kontrnabljudénije) [neuter] (Russian), contravigilancia [feminine] (Spanish)
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