black propaganda

noun

False or unverified propaganda, especially appearing to originate from an enemy's own sources; disinformation.

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Meanings

nounblack propaganda (uncountable)
  1. uncountableFalse or unverified propaganda, especially appearing to originate from an enemy's own sources; disinformation.

    Masters at black propaganda, the Mongols saw to it that hair-raising tales of their barbarity were carried ahead of them as they advanced across Asia, devastating kingdom after kingdom, towards a quaking Europe.

    1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 13
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