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/trˈoʊdʒən hɔrs/ Listen

Trojan horse

noun

A subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst. Synonym: fifth column.

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"

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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Words linked to "Trojan horse" : trojan, Ellas, Greece, social unit, figure, Wooden Horse, unit, fifth columnist, malevolent program, saboteur, fifth column, Hellenic Republic