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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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Words linked to "Infiltrate" : percolate, filter, penetrate, pass through, go across, get together, permeate, fall in, infiltrator, pass