black propaganda

English

Noun

black propaganda (uncountable)

1. False or unverified propaganda, especially appearing to come from an enemy's own sources; disinformation.
   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 13:

     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.

Coordinate terms

• black radio
• white propaganda