psyops

noun

1. (plural, plural-normally)Techniques used by military and police forces to influence the beliefs, emotions and behavior of citizens.

   “‘Russia Today’, he said, his finger marking each syllable with a thud on the table in front of us, ‘is psy-ops’—short for psychological operations. […] ‘It is run directly from the Kremlin. It's following Kremlin's narratives. It's a psy-ops operation. And it's black psy-ops.’”

2. (form-of, plural)plural of psyop

verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of psyop