- 1a person or thing that is used to trick an enemy in order to achieve a secret purpose
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- 2(computing) a computer program that seems to be helpful but that is, in fact, designed to destroy data, etc. From the story in which the ancient Greeks hid inside a hollow wooden statue of a horse in order to enter the city of their enemies, Troy.
Check pronunciation: Trojan horse