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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

Words linked to "Infiltrate" : sink in, percolate, infiltrator, infiltration, pass, filter, pass through, go through, fall in, go across