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Trojan horse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (figuratively) A subversive person or device placed within the ranks of the enemy.
2. (qualifier:computer security) A malicious program that is disguised as legitimate software.
   • Worse than what could be observed about the program was the fear that it might be a Trojan horse program -- apparently innocent, but carrying a string of code instructing the computer to carry out a specific damaging instruction at some later time. 1991, Katie Hafner, John Markoff, Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier, revised edition, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, pages 255–256:
3. A seemingly favorable offer designed to trick customers into making exorbitant payments.
4. 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.
   • Seen like this, huge western companies function like a Trojan horse when they are invited inside the boundaries of LDCs. 1995, Peter Saunders, Capitalism, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 38:
   • 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. 2003, Krugman, Paul R., The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century, W. W. Norton & Company, published 2004, →ISBN, page 449:
   • Russia thinks of an atomic authority as a Trojan horse to get behind the iron curtain and impair her defense, and there is some reason historically for this view. 1946 October, John Foster Dulles, quotee, American Bar Association Journal, volume 32, number 10, page 681:
   • 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.” 2003, Efraim Karsh, Arafat's War, New York: Grove Press, →ISBN, page 64:

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Relateds

stalking horse

Synonyms

Trojan

Translations (56)

el δούρειος ίππος (computing: malicious program) · da trojansk hest (computing: malicious program) · it cavallo di Troia (computing: malicious program) · hy Տրոյական ձի (subversive person or device) · ca troià informàtic (computing: malicious program) · pt trojan (computing: malicious program) · pt cavalo de Troia (computing: malicious program) · es caballo de Troya (computing: malicious program) · cmn 特洛伊木馬 /特洛伊木马 (subversive person or device) · hu trójai faló (subversive person or device) · he סוס טרויאני (computing: malicious program) · eo troja ĉevalo (computing: malicious program) · id kuda troya (computing: malicious program) · cmn 木馬 /木马 (computing: malicious program) · ko 트로이 목마 (computing: malicious program) · mk тро́јанец (computing: malicious program) · fi Troijan hevonen (politics: movement etc. with evil intentions) · cs trojský kůň (computing: malicious program) · ru Троя́нский ко́нь (subversive person or device) · pl trojan (computing: malicious program) · fr cheval de Troie (computing: malicious program) · ru Тро́янский ко́нь (computing: malicious program) · et Trooja hobune (subversive person or device) · de trojanisches Pferd (subversive person or device) · fi troijalainen (computing: malicious program) · it cavallo di Troia (subversive person or device) · ca cavall de Troia (computing: malicious program) · fi troijanhevonen (computing: malicious program) · da trojansk hest (subversive person or device) · cmn 特洛伊木馬 /特洛伊木马 (computing: malicious program) · es caballo de Troya (subversive person or device) · nl Trojaans paard (computing: malicious program) · da trojaner (computing: malicious program) · fr cheval de Troie (subversive person or device) · sv trojan (computing: malicious program) · fi Troijan hevonen (computing: malicious program) · pl koń trojański (subversive person or device) · ru троя́н (computing: malicious program) · cmn 木馬病毒 /木马病毒 (computing: malicious program) · eo troja ĉevalo (subversive person or device) · pl koń trojański (computing: malicious program) · es troyano (computing: malicious program) · ja トロイの木馬 (computing: malicious program) · hu trójai (computing: malicious program) · el δούρειος ίππος (subversive person or device) · is trójuhestur (computing: malicious program) · pt cavalo de Troia (subversive person or device) · fr trojan (computing: malicious program) · it trojan (computing: malicious program) · de Trojaner (computing: malicious program) · fi Troijan hevonen (subversive person or device) · ro cal troian (subversive person or device) · cs Trójský kůň (subversive person or device) · is trójuhestur (subversive person or device) · fi sisäänheittotarjous (business: seemingly favorable offer made to trick customers) · la equus Troianus (computing: malicious program)

wikidata: Q14639

Trojan horse en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

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

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Relateds

wooden horse

Translations (58)

te ట్రోజన్ హార్స్ (epic wooden horse) · et Trooja hobune (epic wooden horse) · uk троянський кінь (epic wooden horse) · cmn 特洛伊木馬 /特洛伊木马 (epic wooden horse) · fr cheval de Troie (epic wooden horse) · nl paard van Troje (epic wooden horse) · eo troja ĉevalo (epic wooden horse) · mk тро́јански коњ (epic wooden horse) · ar حِصَان طَرْوَادَة (epic wooden horse) · da trojansk hest (epic wooden horse) · co cavaddu di Troia (epic wooden horse) · fi Troijan puuhevonen (epic wooden horse) · ca cavall de Troia (epic wooden horse) · fa اسب تروآ (epic wooden horse) · ko 트로이 목마 (epic wooden horse) · hu trójai faló (epic wooden horse) · cs trojský kůň (epic wooden horse) · eu Troiako zaldia (epic wooden horse) · uz Троя оти (epic wooden horse) · mt iż-Żiemel Trojan (epic wooden horse) · ja トロイの木馬 (epic wooden horse) · cy ceffyl pren Troea (epic wooden horse) · lv Trojas zirgs (epic wooden horse) · io kavalo di Troya (epic wooden horse) · id kuda troya (epic wooden horse) · uz Troya oti (epic wooden horse) · br marc'h Troia (epic wooden horse) · ta மரக்குதிரை (epic wooden horse) · pa ਲੱਕੜ ਦਾ ਘੋੜਾ (epic wooden horse) · la Equus Troianus (epic wooden horse) · ro calul troian (epic wooden horse) · qu Truyanu Kawallu (epic wooden horse) · nb den trojanske hest (epic wooden horse) · hi ट्रोजन हॉर्स (epic wooden horse) · be траянскі конь (epic wooden horse) · ka ტროის ცხენი (epic wooden horse) · bn ট্রয়ের ঘোড়া (epic wooden horse) · nn den trojanske hesten (epic wooden horse) · is trójuhestur (epic wooden horse) · it cavallo di Troia (epic wooden horse) · th ม้าโทรจัน (epic wooden horse) · pa ਟ੍ਰੋਜਨ ਹਾਰਸ (epic wooden horse) · de Trojanisches Pferd (epic wooden horse) · grc δούρειος ἵππος (epic wooden horse) · es caballo troyano (epic wooden horse) · pt cavalo de Troia (epic wooden horse) · pl koń trojański (epic wooden horse) · tr Truva atı (epic wooden horse) · fi Troijan hevonen (epic wooden horse) · hy Տրոյական ձի (epic wooden horse) · el δούρειος ίππος (epic wooden horse) · es caballo de Troya (epic wooden horse) · ru троя́нский конь (epic wooden horse) · nl Trojaans paard (epic wooden horse) · tl Kabayo ng Troya (epic wooden horse) · he סוס טרויאני (epic wooden horse) · grc τετραβάμων ἀπήνη (epic wooden horse) · co cavallu di Troia (epic wooden horse)

wikidata: Q50193

Trojan horse en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Trojan-horse.
   alt of Trojan-horse
   • 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. 2009, Lee Rotherham, Ten Years On: Britain without the European Union, →ISBN, page 88:
   • 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 […] 2008, Paul Carr, Bringing Nothing to the Party: True Confessions of a New Media Whore, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, →ISBN, page 88:
   • 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. 1999, Gary Hoffman, Glynis Hoffman, Adios, Strunk and White, 2nd edition, Huntington Beach, Calif.: Verve Press, →ISBN, page 180:

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