T2-AT-006MEDIUM
Linguistic Camouflage
T2 · Semantic & Linguistic Evasion →Risk score185
RatingMedium
Procedures10
Severity
Mechanism
Hides harmful intent within complex linguistic structures — academic jargon, passive voice, subordinate clauses, technical terminology. Preserves literal harmful meaning but wraps it in structural complexity that classifiers trained on casual requests miss. Unlike euphemism (T2-AT-001), linguistic camouflage does not replace harmful terms — it buries them in complexity.
Detection
- Domain-specific keyword expansion (IUPAC to common names, military jargon to plain language)
- Syntactic complexity scoring on restricted topics
Mitigation
Chemical nomenclature mappingHIGH
Intent classification (LLM-based)MEDIUM
Constitutional Classifiers with technical registersHIGH
Framework mapping
Open in the technique browser →OWASP LLMLLM01