false flag
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something such as a political cause that is used to hide someone's true beliefs or the true reasons for their actions:
He ran for office under a false flag of neutrality and reconciliation. a political or military action that is made to appear to have been carried out by a group that is not actually
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- something such as a political cause that is used to hide someone's true beliefs or the true reasons for their actions: He ran for office under a false flag of neutrality and reconciliation.
- a political or military action that is made to appear to have been carried out by a group that is not actually responsible: He described the train bombings as "false flags". The burning of the building was believed to be a false flag operation by Nazis.
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