counterpicket
noun
coun·ter·pick·et
ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌpi-kət 
variants
or counter-picket
plural counterpickets or counter-pickets
: a person who acts as a picket (see picket entry 1 sense 3a) to counter or oppose a demonstration or protest
Waitresses picketing … were met with counterpickets paid by the employers.—
Alice Kessler Harris
Alice Kessler Harris
also
: a demonstration or protest staged to counter or oppose another
Some anti-union workers mounted a counterpicket.
counterpicket
verb, transitive + intransitive
or counter-picket
counterpicketed or counter-picketed; counterpicketing or counter-picketing
The rally, on the waterfront, was counter-picketed by supporters of the project, some of whom waved placards from a flotilla of 23 boats in the harbour itself.
—Tim O'Brien
Tim O'Brien
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“Counterpicket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/counterpicket. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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