sleeper agent

collocation in English

meaningsofsleeperandagent

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sleeper
noun
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/ˈsliː.pər/us
/ˈsliː.pɚ/
someone who sleeps in the ...
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agent
noun[C]
uk
/ˈeɪ.dʒənt/us
/ˈeɪ.dʒənt/
a person who acts for or ...
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(Definition ofsleeperandagentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Many times the unveiling of asleeperagentis an important part of the plot and acts as surprise element and a plot twist.
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In return, he tells him she was never asleeperagentand explains...
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The little robot was hissleeperagent, whom he could control whenever he wished.
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The first is an extension of the real worldsleeperagentwhere an enemy agent is substituted for a person already in a trusted position.
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The substitutionsleeperagentwas often surgically altered to appear as someone else but more recent versions tend toward androids or clones.
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During these outbreaks, thesleeperagentdoesn't normally know what he/she is doing.
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In such cases, it is possible that thesleeperagentmight be successful enough to become what is sometimes termed an agent of influence.
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He also tells her that he brainwashed several of the new people they have taken in and that he plans to brainwash her to be hissleeperagent.
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Shapeshifters also may be programmed as sleeper agents, unaware of their unusual nature until they are activated.
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They attack, their sleeper agents allowing them to wipe out most of the remaining super-beings and take over the world.
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Failing to recruit her, after revealing that he has several sleeper agents, he attempts to take over her mind.
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Walternate sent them here years ago (they were able to cross universes safely because they're not human) to act as sleeper agents.
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Shapeshifters are able to stay as sleeper agents for indefinite periods of time; in one case, a shapeshifter raised a family until he was called into action.
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These sleeper agents are then used by enemy forces to spy, to conduct sabotage, to assassinate certain targets, or for other operations the enemy has in mind for them.
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