HyperDic: sleeper_cell

English > 1 sense of the expression sleeper cell:
NOUNgroupsleeper cella cell of sleepers
English > sleeper cell: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA cell of sleepers.
Example"an al-Qaeda sleeper cell may have used Arizona as its base"
Broadercell, cadreA small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger / larger political movement

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