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sleeper cell
noun
A group of people (sleepers) who inconspicuously remain dormant in a community until activated, by a prearranged signal, to perform acts of espionage, sabotage, and/or terrorism.
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Could this be a sleeper cell?
To the prosecution, they are a terrorist "sleeper cell".
11 terrorism case against a sleeper cell in Detroit.
A sleeper cell is coming to the opera stage.
(Unless of course it's that one guy who is a member of a Muslim sleeper cell.
Does an amber alert mean a child has been snatched or a sleeper cell is stirring?
They fear a third sleeper cell, formed at the same time, could be lying in wait.
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The officials charged on Monday were not impressed by their sleeper cell predecessors.
After all, they were, by the government's account, a sleeper cell.
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