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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesfausse bannière
Pronunciation / Transliteration: fos banjɛʁ
"Cette attaque a été qualifiée d'opération sous fausse bannière."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An covert operation, action, or stunt designed to deceive adversaries by appearing to be sponsored by someone other than the actual perpetrators.
"Intelligence agencies warned that the border incident might be a false-flag orchestrated to justify military retaliation."
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Relating to or indicative of an action deceptively sponsored or attributed to blame someone else.
"The cyberattack was dismissed by experts as a potential false-flag operation intended to frame a rival nation."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'false flag' originates from naval warfare, where ships would fly flags of other nations to deceive enemies. The phrase gained broader usage in the 20th century, particularly in political contexts, to describe covert operations intended to mislead or manipulate public perception.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "False Flag" is said worldwide
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fausse bannière
Transliteration: fos banjɛʁ
"Cette attaque a été qualifiée d'opération sous fausse bannière."
False-Flag
Transliteration: fals flɛɡ
Script: False-Flag-Aktion
"Man vermutet hinter dem Vorfall eine False-Flag-Operation."
falsa bandiera
Transliteration: falsa bandjɛra
"L'attacco è stato descritto come un'operazione sotto falsa bandiera."
falsa bandera
Transliteration: falsa bandera
"Muchos analistas consideran que el incidente fue una operación de falsa bandera."
falsa bandeira
Transliteration: fawsa bɐ̃ˈdejrɐ
"As autoridades investigam se o ataque foi uma operação de falsa bandeira."
छद्म ध्वज कार्रवाई
Transliteration: chhadma dhvaj karyavahi
"सुरक्षा विशेषज्ञों ने इसे एक छद्म ध्वज अभियान बताया है।"
虚假旗帜
Transliteration: xūjiǎ qízhì
Script: 虚假旗帜行动
"该事件被认为是一次虚假旗帜行动。"
위장막 작전
Transliteration: wijangmak jakjeon
"정보 기관은 그 공격이 위장막 작전일 수 있다고 경고했다."
偽旗作戦
Transliteration: nisehata sakusen
"そのテロ攻撃は偽旗作戦であった疑いが持たれている。"
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