Sleeper Cell (Noun)
Meaning
A cell of sleepers; "an al-Qaeda sleeper cell may have used Arizona as its base".
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The FBI had been tracking the suspected sleeper cell for months, but they had yet to gather enough evidence to make an arrest.
- A sleeper cell of foreign nationals was discovered to have been living in the city for years, awaiting further instructions from their handlers.
- The CIA believed that a sleeper cell had infiltrated the government agency, but they didn't know who the moles were or what their mission was.
- The small town was shocked to learn that a sleeper cell of terrorists had been living among them, planning a major attack on a nearby city.
- Law enforcement officials were on high alert after receiving a tip about a possible sleeper cell operating in the area, allegedly linked to a well-known extremist group.