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Definition of Sleeper cell
1. Noun. A cell of sleepers. "An al-Qaeda sleeper cell may have used Arizona as its base"
Definition of Sleeper cell
1. Noun. A group of people (sleepers) who remain dormant in a community until activated, by a prearranged signal, to perform acts of espionage, sabotage, or terrorism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sleeper Cell
Literary usage of Sleeper cell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Examiner (1845)
"But spring returned ; its mild, warm breath Was felt within the sleeper's cell;
And waking from its trance of death, I saw it crawl from out its shell. ..."
2. Poems by Jones Very, William Page Andrews (1883)
"Bat Summer came, its fervid breath Was felt within the sleeper's cell; And waking
from his sleep of death, I saw him crawl from out his shell. ..."
3. The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany by Alvan Lamson, Ezra Stiles Gannett, George Putnam, George Edward Ellis (1845)
"But spring returned ; its mild, warm breath Was felt within the sleeper's cell;
And waking from its trance of death, I saw it crawl from out its shell. ..."
4. Wake Up! the Lord Is Returning by Alf Droy (2001)
"Bush that, owing to infiltration, a cell of Al Qaida terrorists had been
activated (or alternatively one might substitute a sleeper cell of Iraqi Republican ..."
5. Working for Living: Slavery Masquerading as Freedom and Democracy by Walter Prytulak (2005)
"Everyone is either a suspect, a member of a sleeper cell or one with a potential
to wanting to become a terrorist in the future. ..."
6. Wake Up the Lord Is Returning by Alf Droy (2002)
"Others have surmised that the mayhem resulted through a sleeper cell of Al Qaida
demonstrating its primary ..."
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