The act of devising or executing a secret plan to prevent or oppose another's plot.
Gerund of counterplot; formed by adding -ing to the verb root. The gerund form allows counterplotting to function as a noun describing the activity itself.
In spy fiction and real espionage, counterplotting has become almost an art form—agencies like MI6 and the CIA spend enormous budgets on counterplotting against adversaries' operations, making it one of the most resource-intensive types of strategic planning.
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