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Trojan horse   /trˈoʊdʒən hɔrs/   Listen
Trojan horse

noun
1.
A subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst.  Synonym: fifth column.
2.
A program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful.  Synonym: trojan.  "When he downloaded the free game it turned out to be a trojan horse"
3.
A large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War.  Synonym: Wooden Horse.





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"Trojan horse" Quotes from Famous Books



... Trojan horse is more nearly within possibility than we should readily suppose. In 1848, during the rebellion of the North Italians against the Austrians, eight or nine young men, for whom the authorities were hunting, hid themselves inside Donatello's wooden horse in ...
— The Note-Books of Samuel Butler • Samuel Butler


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