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Sleeper

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
crosstierailroad tiesleeper gobysleeping carslumberertiewagon-lit
plural
Sleepers
possessive
Sleeper's
pluralpossessive
Sleepers'