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Manchurian candidate

noun

Etymology

From the title of the 1959 novel or 1962 film The Manchurian Candidate, in which the son of a prominent US political family is brainwashed into being an unwitting assassin for a communist conspiracy. Also comes from the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo during World War II.

  1. derived from puppet state of Manchukuo during World War II

Definitions

  1. A person of influence, especially a politician, who is being manipulated by an enemy…

    A person of influence, especially a politician, who is being manipulated by an enemy power to harm the interests of their own country, possibly without their own full awareness.

    • Get outta my head 'cause I don't need this! Why didn't I see this? I'm a victim Manchurian Candidate I have sinned by just Making my mind up and taking your breath away
    • The attacks, mainly anonymous e-mails, have woven together various threads […] —to portray Obama as the Muslim Manchurian candidate.
    • Most of the conspiracies covered in this book are different. […

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