Noun. 1. psyop-military actions designed to influence the perceptions and attitudes of individuals, groups, and foreign governments. psychological operation. military operation, operation-activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign); it was a joint operation of the navy and air force.
in the 17 or 1800's a tax came out which everyone, except paupers, were legally bound to pay. If you were a 'pauper' (someone without means and very poor), you were exempt. Many people registered themselves as paupers.
True, he is a pauper, and nothing but a pauper; but, at least he is an HONOURABLE pauper. Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context. Yes, he said; nearly everybody is a pauper who is not a ruler. The Republic by Plato View in context. And, an admirable contrast, the article ended with a description of the middle-class, ordinary, prosaic funeral of him who should have been buried like a prince or like a pauper.