Trojan horse

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1. Trojan horse - Noun

2. Trojan horse - Verb

3. Trojan horse - Proper noun

Meaning

Trojan horse

(Greek mythology) The hollow wooden horse by which the Greeks allegedly gained access to Ilium/Troy during the Trojan War.

(by extension) A subversive person or device placed within the ranks of the enemy.

(computer security) A malicious program that is disguised as legitimate software.
Synonym: Trojan

(business) A seemingly favorable offer designed to trick customers into making exorbitant payments.

(politics) A person, organization, social movement, piece of legislation, or ideology with a negative agenda or evil intentions under the guise of positive values or good intentions.

Trojan horse (third-person singular simple present Trojan horses, present participle Trojan horsing, simple past and past participle Trojan horsed)

Alternative form of Trojan-horse

Trojan Horse

Alternative form of Trojan horse

(idiomatic) To introduce slyly, to sneak in, to subvert.

(computer security) To install a Trojan horse.

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Trojan-horse

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Examples

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse. Rebecca West

Politics: a Trojan horse race. Stanisław Jerzy Lec

Free trade is the serial killer of American manufacturing and the Trojan Horse of World Government. It is the primrose path to the loss of economic independence and national sovereignty. Free trade is a bright shining lie. Pat Buchanan

Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of EMERGENCY. Herbert Hoover

Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of "Emergency". It was a tactic of Lenin, Hitler and Mussolini.... The invasion of New Deal Collectivism was introduced by this same Trojan horse. Herbert Hoover

Art is not a Trojan horse. Elfriede Jelinek

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