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confused deputies

confused deputies is the plural of confused deputy.

Meaning of confused deputy

Noun

confused deputy (plural confused deputies)

  1. A computer program that is innocently fooled by some other party into misusing its authority.

Questions about confused deputies

What is confused deputies the plural of?
Confused deputies is the plural of confused deputy.

Words near confused deputies in the dictionary

  1. confuscates
  2. confuscating
  3. confuscation
  4. confuse
  5. confused
  6. confused deputies
  7. confused deputy
  8. confused flour beetle
  9. confused flour beetles
  10. confusedlie
  11. confusedly

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