Manchurian candidate

English

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. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

Manchurian candidate (plural Manchurian candidates)

  1. A person who has unknowingly been convinced to act to benefit some interest.
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