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abwehr

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Ab⋅wehr

  [ahp-vair, ahb-; Ger. ahp-veyr]
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–noun
the German high-command service for espionage, counterintelligence, and sabotage during World War II.
Origin:
< G: lit., defense (n. deriv. of abwehren to defend, ward off), perh. orig. in a compound such as Spionageabwehr counterintelligence
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