plural of Manchurian candidate

A person, especially a politician, who has unknowingly been convinced to act to benefit some interest.

plural of release candidate

(computing, databases) In the design of a database table, a column (or an irreducible group of them) able to identify every row of the table. One of the candidate keys (abbreviated CKs) will be the primary key.

plural of candidate key

plural of darkhorse candidate

plural of candid camera

(photography, hyphenated when used attributively) A camera which is concealed or unobtrusive, used to obtain candid photographs of people who usually are unaware; the practice of taking such photos.

(politics, derogatory) A political candidate who is under the control or influence of another person.

plural of captive candidate