Synonyms for trojan horse
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1. fifth column, Trojan horsenoun

   a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst

   Synonyms:
   fifth column, trojan

2. trojan, trojan horsenoun

   a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful

   "the contents of a trojan can be a virus or a worm"; "when he downloaded the free game it turned out to be a trojan horse"

   Synonyms:
   fifth column, trojan

3. Trojan Horse, Wooden Horsenoun

   a large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War

   Synonyms:
   fifth column, trojan

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1. • Figure
   • Malevolent Program
   • Unit

Suggested Resources

1. trojan horse

   Read the full text of the Trojan Horse poem by Mario William Vitale on the Poetry.com website.

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1. Evan Greer:

   We need to draw a line in the sand and ban governments from using this technology before its too late. We know that members of Congress are currently drafting legislation related to facial recognition, and we hope they know that the public will not accept trojan horse regulations that line Jeff Bezos pockets at the expense of all of our basic human rights.

2. Katrina Pierson:

   Their loyalty is not with Senator Cruz. However Senator Cruz has now made Senator Cruz that Trojan horse to push this to a contested convention, this is going to be a very serious problem if Senator Cruz continues to go down this path, and then neither Trump or Ted Cruz becomes the nominee.

3. Jason Sudeikis:

   In regard to the mental health stuff, it was just there. It’s been there forever, but it’s really come up a lot in just knowing where the characters were headed and how important it is to work on yourself to help your team, and I think that we were trying to explore that and personify it in a way and kind of trojan horse that there’s bigger issues in this fun, silly little comedy show.

4. Donald Trump:

   This could be like a Trojan horse, two-hundred-thousand people coming into the United States and they come in here and we're totally unprepared.

5. Ron Wyden:

   This terrible legislation is a Trojan horse to give Attorney General Barr and Donald Trump the power to control online speech and require government access to every aspect of Americans' lives.