Trojan-horse

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Trojan-horse

verb Trojan-horses · Trojan-horsing · Trojan-horsed

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
transitive To install a Trojan horse on (a system).
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.

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@misc{trojan_horse_2026,
  title = {Trojan-horse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trojan-horse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}