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/ɪnfˈɪltrˌeɪt/ /ˈɪnfɪltrˌeɪt/ Listen

verb

Infiltrate v. t. To penetrate gradually; sometimes used reflexively.

Infiltrate v. i. (past & past part. infiltrated; pres. part. infiltrating)

To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something. "The water infiltrates through the porous rock."

To enter secretly (into an organization, territory, etc.) for hostile purposes, such as spying or sabotage; as, the FBI infiltrated into the U. S. communist party's upper echelons; also used transitively; as, to infiltrate the opponent's organization; to infiltrate one's agents into a hostile country.

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Etymology of 'Infiltrate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Infiltrate" Quotes from Famous Books

... despite my advanced age, try the experiment of inoculating myself with it. The exhalation of the elixir acted only on the tongue, and hence its fatal effect, if, however, it had been possible to infiltrate a desire for truth into the whole man, then, ah then! it might have been possible for a man really to know himself, which is the beginning of his salvation. One thought occurs to me for ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... present constituted and directed are therefore absolutely opposed to the interests of the country. But at the same time it behoves Masons to beware of the insidious attempts that are being made by irregular secret societies to infiltrate the Craft and pervert its true principles. The present satisfactory condition of Freemasonry in England is owing not only to its established statutes, but to the character of the men who control ...

— Secret Societies And Subversive Movements • Nesta H. Webster

... couple of store cops, sterling characters with the hearts of lions and the brains of goldfish," Cardon replied. "And Russ Latterman, and maybe four or five Conservative goons he's managed to infiltrate into the store." ...

— Null-ABC • Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire

... bemingle[obs3]; shuffle &c. (derange) 61; pound together; hash up, stir up; knead, brew; impregnate with; interlard &c. (interpolate) 228; intertwine, interweave &c. 219; associate with; miscegenate[obs3]. be mixed &c.; get among, be entangled with. instill, imbue; infuse, suffuse, transfuse; infiltrate, dash, tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper[obs3], medicate, blend, cross; alloy, ...

— Roget's Thesaurus