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Infiltrate   Listen
verb
Infiltrate  v. i.  (past & past part. infiltrated; pres. part. infiltrating)  
1.
To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something. "The water infiltrates through the porous rock."
2.
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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Words linked to "Infiltrate" :   penetrate, join, pass through, infiltrator, sink in, go across, pass, get together, go through, percolate, infiltration, filter, permeate


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