countersurveillance en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Old French sur- Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-der. Proto-Indo-European *weǵlis Proto-Italic *weglis Latin vigil Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vigilōder. Latin vigilāre Vulgar Latin *viglāre Old French veillier Old French surveillier French surveiller Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -āntia Old French -ance Middle French -ance French -ance French surveillancebor. English surveillance English countersurveillance From counter- + surveillance.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The art or practice of evading surveillance.
Conduct countersurveillance: survey your surroundings to be sure no one is surveilling you.
It says the cousins, both United States citizens, sought training in firearms and countersurveillance from a person with an American military background.
2007 February 22, Libby Sander, “2 Chicago Cousins Are Charged With Plotting Overseas Attacks”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:countersurveillance measures
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| counter-surveillance | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (7)
fr contre-surveillance (the art of evading surveillance) · ru контрнаблюде́ние (the art of evading surveillance) · es contravigilancia (the art of evading surveillance) · pt contravigilância (the art of evading surveillance) · fi vastatiedustelu (the art of evading surveillance) · pl kontrinwigilacja (the art of evading surveillance) · de Überwachungsabwehr (the art of evading surveillance)