Stalking human on human perpetration that manifests in brutal theft of newly planted shrubs, pernennials, or potted annuals. Plant owner is left with a hollow empty feeling of loss, regret, and guilt. Was my landscaping really so tempting? Should I have dialed it back a bit? Less blossoms?

Intelligence agency term for "psychological operation". A government or corporate-sponsored operation, usually taking the form of a "terrorist attack" or "crazed gunman on a spree", with the intent of panicking the public into demanding more police and laws inhibiting freedom. Psyops are usually carried out by drugging a civilian or group of civilians with aggression-promoting drugs, psyching them up, arming them, and sending them out to commit mayhem. Government-sponsored terrorism. See also blackshirts, conspiracy