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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 WordNet 3.0

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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 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A sleeper agent, also called sleeper cell, is a spy who is placed in a target country or organization not to undertake an immediate mission, but instead to act as a potential asset if activated. Wikipedia

A secret agent or similar operative left long inactive Wikipedia Disambiguation

Spy who is placed in a target country or organization to act as a potential asset if activated and not to undertake an immediate mission Wikidata

A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell. Wiktionary

A spy who is placed in a target country or organisation, not to undertake an immediate mission, but rather to act as a potential asset if activated. Wiktionary

Spy placed in a target country or organisation to act as a potential asset. Wiktionary (translation)

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