How to pronounce “false flag”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (nautical) A ruse, in the days of sail, in which an attacking ship would fly the colours of its enemy until close enough to open fire.
• (espionage, military, politics) A diversionary or propaganda tactic of deceiving an adversary into thinking that an operation was carried out by another party.
• [Verb]
• (informal, transitive) To target someone or something with a false flag or ruse.

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