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false flag
[fawls flag]
noun
an attack or other hostile action that obscures the identity of the participants carrying out the action while implicating another group or nation as the perpetrator (often used attributively): The false flag terrorist attack lured the military into a hasty response.
Evidence suggests that the covert operation was a false flag.
The false flag terrorist attack lured the military into a hasty response.
a misrepresentation of affiliation or motivation or a false equivalence deliberately put forth to manipulate the context, perception, or frame of an action, object, or argument (often used attributively).
Public schools are losing tax dollars to private schools under the false flag of school vouchers expanding parental choice.
a flag flown to disguise the nationality or affiliation of a vessel, vehicle, or base of operations.
Surviving sailors reported that the privateer was flying a false flag on approach and attacked as soon as cannons were in range.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of false flag1
Example Sentences
Or rather, Cooper thought that it was a "false flag" attack staged on the anniversary of Waco to smear the militia movement.
Legality is a false flag, and it will not always protect us.
He secrets away a trove of incriminating documents about a nasty false flag operation and cover-up, which he uses as leverage to demand his own field training.
It was the site of the Gleiwitz incident - a false flag incident staged by Nazi Germany in 1939 to justify the invasion of Poland, one of the triggers of World War Two.
The men note in the report that Taiwan’s flag, which they refer to as a “false flag,” and Falun Gong had been featured in parades in the United States, according to the complaint.
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When To Use
A false flag is intentional misrepresentation, especially a covert political or military operation carried out to appear as if it was undertaken by another party.
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