"Trojan horse" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Trojan horse
  1. (Greek mythology) The hollow wooden horse by which the Greeks allegedly gained access to Ilium/Troy during the Trojan War. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology, Ancient Greece, Greek mythology Translations (epic wooden horse): τετραβάμων ἀπήνη (tetrabámōn apḗnē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), δούρειος ἵππος (doúreios híppos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), حِصَان طَرْوَادَة (ḥiṣān ṭarwāda) [masculine] (Arabic), Տրոյական ձի (Troyakan ji) (Armenian), Troiako zaldia (Basque), траянскі конь (trajanski konʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), ট্রয়ের ঘোড়া (ṭroẏer ghōṛa) (Bengali), marc'h Troia [masculine] (Breton), cavall de Troia [masculine] (Catalan), 特洛伊木馬 (Chinese Mandarin), 特洛伊木马 (Tèluòyī mùmǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), cavaddu di Troia [masculine] (Corsican), cavallu di Troia [masculine] (Corsican), trojský kůň [masculine] (Czech), trojansk hest [common-gender] (Danish), paard van Troje [neuter] (Dutch), Trojaans paard [neuter] (Dutch), troja ĉevalo (Esperanto), Trooja hobune (Estonian), Troijan hevonen (Finnish), Troijan puuhevonen (Finnish), cheval de Troie [masculine] (French), ტროის ცხენი (ṭrois cxeni) (Georgian), Trojanisches Pferd [neuter] (German), δούρειος ίππος (doúreios íppos) [masculine] (Greek), סוס טרויאני (sus troyáni) [masculine] (Hebrew), ट्रोजन हॉर्स (ṭrojan hŏrs) (Hindi), trójai faló (Hungarian), trójuhestur [masculine] (Icelandic), kavalo di Troya (Ido), cavallo di Troia [masculine] (Italian), トロイの木馬 (Toroi no mokuba) (Japanese), 트로이 목마 (teuroi mongma) (Korean), Equus Troianus [masculine] (Latin), Trojas zirgs [masculine] (Latvian), тро́јански коњ (trójanski konj) [masculine] (Macedonian), iż-Żiemel Trojan [masculine] (Maltese), den trojanske hest [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), den trojanske hesten [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), اسب تروآ (Persian), koń trojański [masculine] (Polish), cavalo de Troia [masculine] (Portuguese), ਟ੍ਰੋਜਨ ਹਾਰਸ (ṭrojan hāras) (Punjabi), ਲੱਕੜ ਦਾ ਘੋੜਾ (lakkaṛ dā ghoṛā) [masculine] (Punjabi), Truyanu Kawallu (Quechua), calul troian [masculine] (Romanian), троя́нский конь (trojánskij konʹ) [masculine] (Russian), caballo de Troya [masculine] (Spanish), Kabayo ng Troya (Tagalog), மரக்குதிரை (marakkutirai) (Tamil), ట్రోజన్ హార్స్ (ṭrōjan hārs) (Telugu), ม้าโทรจัน (Thai), Truva atı (Turkish), троянський кінь (trojansʹkyj kinʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Troya oti (Uzbek), Троя оти (Troya oti) (Uzbek), ceffyl pren Troea [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Trojan_horse-en-name-og07mOtt Disambiguation of Ancient Greece: 38 5 8 6 19 25 Disambiguation of Greek mythology: 41 5 7 6 18 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Trojan War Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 6 8 8 24 22 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 34 6 9 8 23 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 5 11 6 18 16 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 39 7 8 8 20 19 Disambiguation of Trojan War: 65 2 7 3 7 16 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

Noun

Forms: Trojan horses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Trojan horse (plural Trojan horses)
  1. (by extension) A subversive person or device placed within the ranks of the enemy. Tags: broadly Translations (subversive person or device): Տրոյական ձի (Troyakan ji) (Armenian), trojansk hest [neuter] (Danish), troja ĉevalo (Esperanto), Trooja hobune (Estonian), Troijan hevonen (Finnish), cheval de Troie [masculine] (French), trojanisches Pferd [neuter] (German), δούρειος ίππος (doúreios íppos) [masculine] (Greek), trójai faló (Hungarian), trójuhestur [masculine] (Icelandic), cavallo di Troia [masculine] (Italian), koń trojański [masculine] (Polish), cavalo de Troia [masculine] (Portuguese), cal troian [masculine] (Romanian), Троя́нский ко́нь (Trojánskij kónʹ) [masculine] (Russian), caballo de Troya [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Trojan_horse-en-noun-siX7HA0Z Disambiguation of 'subversive person or device': 81 3 0 15
  2. (computer security) A malicious program that is disguised as legitimate software. Categories (topical): Computer security Synonyms: Trojan Related terms: stalking horse Translations (computing: malicious program): cavall de Troia [masculine] (Catalan), troià informàtic [masculine] (Catalan), 特洛伊木馬 (Chinese Mandarin), 特洛伊木马 (Tèluòyī Mùmǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 木馬病毒 (Chinese Mandarin), 木马病毒 (mùmǎ bìngdú) (Chinese Mandarin), 木馬 (Chinese Mandarin), 木马 (mùmǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), trojský kůň [masculine] (Czech), trojansk hest [common-gender] (Danish), trojaner [common-gender] (Danish), Trojaans paard [neuter] (Dutch), troja ĉevalo (Esperanto), Troijan hevonen (Finnish), troijalainen (Finnish), troijanhevonen (Finnish), cheval de Troie [masculine] (French), trojan [masculine] (French), Trojaner [masculine] (German), δούρειος ίππος (doúreios íppos) [masculine] (Greek), סוס טרויאני (sus troyáni) [masculine] (Hebrew), trójai (Hungarian), trójuhestur [masculine] (Icelandic), cavallo di Troia [masculine] (Italian), trojan [masculine] (Italian), トロイの木馬 (toroi-no mokuba) (Japanese), 트로이 목마 (teuroi mongma) (Korean), equus Troianus [masculine] (Latin), тро́јанец (trójanec) [masculine] (Macedonian), koń trojański [masculine] (Polish), cavalo de Troia [masculine] (Portuguese), trojan [masculine] (Portuguese), Тро́янский ко́нь (Trójanskij kónʹ) [masculine] (Russian), троя́н (troján) [masculine] (Russian), troyano [masculine] (Spanish), caballo de Troya [masculine] (Spanish), trojan [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Trojan_horse-en-noun-w4wZzIZs Disambiguation of 'computing: malicious program': 7 70 7 17
  3. (business) A seemingly favorable offer designed to trick customers into making exorbitant payments. Categories (topical): Business Translations (business: seemingly favorable offer made to trick customers): sisäänheittotarjous (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-Trojan_horse-en-noun-2RmsGWwX Topics: business Disambiguation of 'business: seemingly favorable offer made to trick customers': 3 5 80 12
  4. (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. Categories (topical): Politics Translations (politics: movement etc. with evil intentions): Troijan hevonen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-Trojan_horse-en-noun-Np11okST Topics: government, politics Disambiguation of 'politics: movement etc. with evil intentions': 5 9 7 79

Verb

Forms: Trojan horses [present, singular, third-person], Trojan horsing [participle, present], Trojan horsed [participle, past], Trojan horsed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} Trojan horse (third-person singular simple present Trojan horses, present participle Trojan horsing, simple past and past participle Trojan horsed)
  1. Alternative form of Trojan-horse Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Trojan-horse Categories (topical): Computer security, Malware Synonyms: Trojan Horse
    Sense id: en-Trojan_horse-en-verb-a7OJc0zw Disambiguation of Computer security: 23 11 13 4 6 43 Disambiguation of Malware: 27 6 9 2 3 53

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
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          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "word": "特洛伊木马"
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          "lang": "Corsican",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cavaddu di Troia"
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          "code": "co",
          "lang": "Corsican",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
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          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
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          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "word": "Trooja hobune"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṭrois cxeni",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "doúreios íppos",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
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          "word": "δούρειος ίππος"
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          "roman": "tetrabámōn apḗnē",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
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          "roman": "doúreios híppos",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "δούρειος ἵππος"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "sus troyáni",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "סוס טרויאני"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ṭrojan hŏrs",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "word": "ट्रोजन हॉर्स"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "word": "trójai faló"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "trójuhestur"
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "word": "kavalo di Troya"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "cavallo di Troia"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "Toroi no mokuba",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "word": "トロイの木馬"
        },
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "teuroi mongma",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "word": "트로이 목마"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Equus Troianus"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Trojas zirgs"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "trójanski konj",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "тро́јански коњ"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "iż-Żiemel Trojan"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "den trojanske hest"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "den trojanske hesten"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "word": "اسب تروآ"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "koń trojański"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cavalo de Troia"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "ṭrojan hāras",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "word": "ਟ੍ਰੋਜਨ ਹਾਰਸ"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "lakkaṛ dā ghoṛā",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ਲੱਕੜ ਦਾ ਘੋੜਾ"
        },
        {
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "word": "Truyanu Kawallu"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "calul troian"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "trojánskij konʹ",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "троя́нский конь"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "caballo de Troya"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "word": "Kabayo ng Troya"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "marakkutirai",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "word": "மரக்குதிரை"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "ṭrōjan hārs",
          "sense": "epic wooden horse",
          "word": "ట్రోజన్ హార్స్"
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          "word": "ม้าโทรจัน"
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          "word": "ceffyl pren Troea"
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "ref": "1995, Peter Saunders, Capitalism, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, page 38",
          "text": "Seen like this, huge western companies function like a Trojan horse when they are invited inside the boundaries of LDCs.",
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        {
          "ref": "2003, Efraim Karsh, Arafat's War, New York: Grove Press, page 64",
          "text": "Had the Israelis and the Americans realized that the Oslo accords were merely a “Trojan horse” designed to promote the higher goal of Palestine’s complete liberation, he argued, “they would never have opened their fortified gates and let it inside their walls.”",
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        {
          "ref": "2003, Krugman, Paul R., The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century, W. W. Norton & Company, published 2004, page 449",
          "text": "Indeed, it may turn out to be a Trojan horse that finally allows conservative ideologues, who have unsuccessfully laid siege to Medicare since the days of Barry Goldwater, to breach its political defenses.",
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          "text": "You will disarm a group or person that holds simplistic attitudes—about relationships, education, financial success, morality, business ethics, religion, raising children—by giving that group or person Trojan Horsed instructions seemingly about how to do something mundane and unrelated.",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "ref": "2008, Paul Carr, Bringing Nothing to the Party: True Confessions of a New Media Whore, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, page 88",
          "text": "But still, despite my initial shock at being expected to do a grownup job for my new grown-up salary, I was determined to keep the dream alive to some extent, by ticking a few of the sensible boxes while Trojan Horsing (yes, as a verb) some dot com fun in the back […]",
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          "ref": "2009, Lee Rotherham, Ten Years On: Britain without the European Union, page 88",
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      "roman": "Tèluòyī mùmǎ",
      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
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      "word": "cavaddu di Troia"
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      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "trojský kůň"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "trojansk hest"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "paard van Troje"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "word": "Trojaans paard"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
      "word": "troja ĉevalo"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
      "word": "Trooja hobune"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
      "word": "Troijan hevonen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
      "word": "Troijan puuhevonen"
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      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cheval de Troie"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭrois cxeni",
      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
      "word": "ტროის ცხენი"
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      "lang": "German",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Trojanisches Pferd"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "δούρειος ίππος"
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      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "סוס טרויאני"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "ṭrojan hŏrs",
      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
      "word": "ट्रोजन हॉर्स"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
      "word": "trójai faló"
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      "word": "trójuhestur"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
      "word": "kavalo di Troya"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "트로이 목마"
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      "word": "iż-Żiemel Trojan"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
      "word": "اسب تروآ"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cavalo de Troia"
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      "code": "pa",
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      "word": "ਟ੍ਰੋਜਨ ਹਾਰਸ"
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    {
      "code": "pa",
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      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
      "word": "Truyanu Kawallu"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "calul troian"
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      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "троя́нский конь"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "caballo de Troya"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
      "word": "Kabayo ng Troya"
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      "code": "ta",
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      "roman": "marakkutirai",
      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
      "word": "மரக்குதிரை"
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "ṭrōjan hārs",
      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
      "word": "ట్రోజన్ హార్స్"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
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      "word": "ม้าโทรจัน"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
      "word": "Truva atı"
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      "roman": "trojansʹkyj kinʹ",
      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "троянський кінь"
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      "code": "uz",
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      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
      "word": "Troya oti"
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      "roman": "Troya oti",
      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
      "word": "Троя оти"
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      "sense": "epic wooden horse",
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      "word": "Trooja hobune"
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      "sense": "subversive person or device",
      "word": "Troijan hevonen"
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "trojanisches Pferd"
    },
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      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "subversive person or device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δούρειος ίππος"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "subversive person or device",
      "word": "trójai faló"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "subversive person or device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "subversive person or device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cavallo di Troia"
    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "subversive person or device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "sense": "subversive person or device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cavalo de Troia"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Троя́нский ко́нь"
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "word": "特洛伊木馬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Tèluòyī Mùmǎ",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "word": "特洛伊木马"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "word": "木馬病毒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mùmǎ bìngdú",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "word": "木马病毒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "word": "木馬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mùmǎ",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "word": "木马"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trojský kůň"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "trojansk hest"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "trojaner"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Trojaans paard"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "word": "troja ĉevalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "word": "Troijan hevonen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "word": "troijalainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "word": "troijanhevonen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cheval de Troie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trojan"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Trojaner"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "doúreios íppos",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δούρειος ίππος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sus troyáni",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סוס טרויאני"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "word": "trójai"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trójuhestur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cavallo di Troia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trojan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "toroi-no mokuba",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "word": "トロイの木馬"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "teuroi mongma",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "word": "트로이 목마"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "equus Troianus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "trójanec",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тро́јанец"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "koń trojański"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cavalo de Troia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trojan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Trójanskij kónʹ",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Тро́янский ко́нь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "troján",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "троя́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "troyano"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caballo de Troya"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "computing: malicious program",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "trojan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "business: seemingly favorable offer made to trick customers",
      "word": "sisäänheittotarjous"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "politics: movement etc. with evil intentions",
      "word": "Troijan hevonen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Trojan horse"
}

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      "form": "Trojan horsed",
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        {
          "ref": "1999, Gary Hoffman, Glynis Hoffman, Adios, Strunk and White, 2nd edition, Huntington Beach, Calif.: Verve Press, page 180",
          "text": "You will disarm a group or person that holds simplistic attitudes—about relationships, education, financial success, morality, business ethics, religion, raising children—by giving that group or person Trojan Horsed instructions seemingly about how to do something mundane and unrelated.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "2008, Paul Carr, Bringing Nothing to the Party: True Confessions of a New Media Whore, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, page 88",
          "text": "But still, despite my initial shock at being expected to do a grownup job for my new grown-up salary, I was determined to keep the dream alive to some extent, by ticking a few of the sensible boxes while Trojan Horsing (yes, as a verb) some dot com fun in the back […]",
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          "ref": "2009, Lee Rotherham, Ten Years On: Britain without the European Union, page 88",
          "text": "In its place arose a bilateral treaty that spelled out in basic terms that advances made in freedom of movement would be kept, under safeguards; free trade would be advanced bilaterally; goods imported from third countries would not be Trojan horsed; and countries would cooperate in areas of common interest.",
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    {
      "word": "Trojan Horse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Trojan horse"
}

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