sleeper cell

/ˌslipər sɛl/
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Other forms: sleeper cells

Definitions of sleeper cell
  1. noun
    a cell of sleepers
    “an al-Qaeda sleeper cell may have used Arizona as its base”
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    type of:
    cadre, cell
    a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
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