SLEEPER CELL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cell of sleepers

Example:

an al-Qaeda sleeper cell may have used Arizona as its base

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("sleeper cell" is a kind of...):

cadre; cell (a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement)

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