"Manchurian candidate" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "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.\nAlso comes from the infamous Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo during World War II.",
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        {
          "ref": "1997, “Wait and Bleed”, performed by Slipknot:",
          "text": "Get outta my head 'cause I don't need this!\nWhy didn't I see this?\nI'm a victim Manchurian Candidate\nI have sinned by just\nMaking my mind up and taking your breath away",
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        {
          "ref": "2008 February 11, Roger Cohen, “No Manchurian Candidate”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "The attacks, mainly anonymous e-mails, have woven together various threads […] —to portray Obama as the Muslim Manchurian candidate.",
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        {
          "ref": "2009, Arthur Goldwag, Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies, Vintage Books, →ISBN, pages 108–109:",
          "text": "Most of the conspiracies covered in this book are different. […",
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        "A person, especially a politician, who has unknowingly been convinced to act to benefit some interest."
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  "etymology_text": "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.\nAlso comes from the infamous Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo during World War II.",
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          "ref": "1997, “Wait and Bleed”, performed by Slipknot:",
          "text": "Get outta my head 'cause I don't need this!\nWhy didn't I see this?\nI'm a victim Manchurian Candidate\nI have sinned by just\nMaking my mind up and taking your breath away",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 February 11, Roger Cohen, “No Manchurian Candidate”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "The attacks, mainly anonymous e-mails, have woven together various threads […] —to portray Obama as the Muslim Manchurian candidate.",
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        },
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          "text": "Most of the conspiracies covered in this book are different. […",
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