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Trojan-horse en · VERB

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To introduce slyly, to sneak in, to subvert.
   • We all know how genius “Kamp Krusty,” “A Streetcar Named Marge,” “Homer The Heretic,” “Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie” and “Mr. Plow” are, but even the relatively unheralded episodes offer wall-to-wall laughs and some of the smartest, darkest, and weirdest gags ever Trojan-horsed into a network cartoon with a massive family audience. 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
   • Suddenly he realized that the arguments and social criticism he wanted to assert[…]could live and breathe on their own. He didn’t have to Trojan-horse them into his novels’ characters or plot points anymore. 2018 June 26, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, “Jonathan Franzen Is Fine With All of It”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • They have successfully Trojan-horsed into your heart and mind, and that is exactly where they want to be so they can control you most effectively. 2019, Pamela Kole, Mind Games, PublishDrive:
2. (qualifier:computer security, transitive) To install a Trojan horse on (a system).
3. (qualifier:computer security, transitive) To install a Trojan horse on the system of (a person or organization).
   • A world writable file or two later, and a customer has been trojan-horsed. 1992, UNIX Security Symposium III: Proceedings, USENIX Association, →ISBN, page 146:

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