lie/remain/sit dormant The legislation was drafted and then lay dormant in Parliament for months. (Definition of âdormantâ from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press)
(film) Enemy of the State is a 1998 American conspiracy-thriller film directed by Tony Scott, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and written by David Marconi. The film stars Will Smith and Gene Hackman, with Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet, Gabriel Byrne, Loren Dean, Jake Busey, Barry Pepper, and Regina King in supporting roles. The film tells the story of a group of NSA agents conspiring to kill a Congressman and the cover up that ensues after a tape of the murder is discovered. The film was released on November 2
Enemy of the State (1998) R | 2h 12min | Action, Thriller | 20 November 1998 (USA) A lawyer becomes a target by a corrupt politician and his NSA goons when he accidentally receives key evidence to a serious politically motivated crime.