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Infiltrate

  1. verb

    enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members

    “The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor”

    Similar: penetrate

  2. verb

    cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices

  3. verb

    pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict

    Similar: pass through

  4. verb

    pass into or through by filtering or permeating

    “the substance infiltrated the material”

Word family

infiltrative · infiltrated · infiltrating

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