Trojan horse
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Trojan horse¹
proper noun the Trojan horse · Trojan Horse
- The hollow wooden horse by which the Greeks allegedly gained access to Troy during the Trojan War.
noun Trojan horses · Trojan Horse
- A subversive person or device placed within the ranks of the enemy.
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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.
Similar: Trojan
- A seemingly favorable offer designed to trick customers into making exorbitant payments.
- 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. 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.
verb Trojan horses · Trojan horsing · Trojan horsed · Trojan Horse
- Alternative form of Trojan-horse 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.
Trojan Horse²
proper noun the Trojan Horse
- Alternative form of Trojan horse
Translations
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name epic wooden horse
| Español | caballo de Troya, caballo troyano |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 트로이 목마 teuroi mongma |
| 日本語 | トロイの木馬 Toroi no mokuba |
| 中文 | 特洛伊木馬 /特洛伊木马 Tèluòyī mùmǎ |
| हिन्दी | ट्रोजन हॉर्स ṭrojan hŏrs |
| Português | cavalo de Troia |
| Français | cheval de Troie |
| Deutsch | Trojanisches Pferd |
| Italiano | cavallo di Troia |
| Ελληνικά | δούρειος ίππος doúreios íppos |
| Română | calul troian |
| Русский | троя́нский конь trojánskij konʹ |
| العربية | حِصَان طَرْوَادَة ḥiṣān ṭarwāda |
| עברית | סוס טרויאני sus troyáni |
noun subversive person or device
| Español | caballo de Troya |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 特洛伊木馬 /特洛伊木马 Tèluòyī Mùmǎ |
| Português | cavalo de Troia |
| Français | cheval de Troie |
| Deutsch | trojanisches Pferd |
| Italiano | cavallo di Troia |
| Ελληνικά | δούρειος ίππος doúreios íppos |
| Română | cal troian |
| Русский | Троя́нский ко́нь Trojánskij kónʹ |
noun computing: malicious program
| Español | troyano, caballo de Troya |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | トロイの木馬 toroi-no mokuba |
| 中文 | 特洛伊木馬 /特洛伊木马 Tèluòyī Mùmǎ, 木馬病毒 /木马病毒 mùmǎ bìngdú, 木馬 /木马 mùmǎ |
| Português | cavalo de Troia, trojan |
| Français | cheval de Troie, trojan |
| Deutsch | Trojaner |
| Italiano | cavallo di Troia, trojan |
| Ελληνικά | δούρειος ίππος doúreios íppos |
| Русский | Тро́янский ко́нь Trójanskij kónʹ, троя́н troján |
| עברית | סוס טרויאני sus troyáni |
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title = {Trojan horse},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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