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Trojan horse
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a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst
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Other meanings
2. noun
a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful
3. noun
a large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War
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