Meaning
1 senses(informal)To target someone or something with a false flag or ruse.
Examples
5 sentencesIt's easy to fly a false flag on the Internet.
The CIA used false flag operations to undermine Mohammad Mosaddegh.
Putin is preparing a false-flag attack on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant for next Wednesday.
If Washington stage false flag operations to justify its military interventions, why shouldn't Moscow do the same?
The Lavon affair was a planned series of false-flag bombings by Israel in Egypt to be blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood.
Forms
false flags, false flagging, false flagged, false flagged| Base form | false flag · to false flag |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | false flags |
| Present participle | false flagging |
| Past simple | false flagged |
| Past participle | false flagged |
irregular · Lesson
Word family
2 related wordsRelatedagent provocateur
Derivedfalse flagger
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle