trojan-horse

Nouns

  • (n) a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst fifth column,
  • (n) a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful
    • the contents of a trojan can be a virus or a worm
    • when he downloaded the free game it turned out to be a trojan horse
    trojan,
  • (n) a large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War Wooden Horse,

Synonyms

fifth column trojan Wooden Horse

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