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How to pronounce “false flag”
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Pronunciation guide for false flag
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of false flag with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Why city flags may be the worst-designed thing you've never noticed
- Definition summary
- (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.
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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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