Usually means: Covert operation blamed on others.
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  1. false-flag: Wordnik
  2. false flag: Wiktionary
  3. False Flag (TV series), False Flag (film), False Flag, False flag: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. false flag: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (false flag)

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.
noun:  (espionage, military, politics) A diversionary or propaganda tactic of deceiving an adversary into thinking that an operation was carried out by another party.
verb:  To target with a false flag ruse.

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