What does Infiltrate mean?

Definitions for Infiltrate
ɪnˈfɪl treɪt, ˈɪn fɪlˌtreɪtin·fil·trate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. infiltrateverb

    cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices

  2. infiltrate, penetrateverb

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

    "The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor"

  3. infiltrateverb

    pass into or through by filtering or permeating

    "the substance infiltrated the material"

  4. infiltrate, pass throughverb

    pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict

GCIDE

  1. Infiltrateverb

    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.

Wiktionary

  1. infiltrateverb

    To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access.

  2. infiltrateverb

    To cause a fluid to pass through a substance by filtration.

  3. infiltrateverb

    To send soldiers through gaps in the enemy line.

  4. infiltrateverb

    To move from a vein, remaining in the body.

ChatGPT

  1. infiltrate

    Infiltrate generally refers to the act of secretly entering or gaining access to an organization, place, or system in order to gather information or cause harm. It can also refer to permeation of a substance through a porous material, or the accumulation of a substance within cells or tissues in the field of medicine.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Infiltrateverb

    to enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something

  2. Infiltrateverb

    to penetrate gradually; -- sometimes used reflexively

  3. Etymology: [Pref. in- + filtrate: cf. F, s'infiltrer. Cf. Infilter.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Infiltrate

    in-fil′trāt, v.t. to enter a substance by filtration, or through its pores.—v.t. Infil′ter, to filter or sift in.—n. Infiltrā′tion, the process of infiltrating, or the substance infiltrated.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Infiltrate in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Infiltrate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Infiltrate in a Sentence

  1. Malte Lehming:

    Nobody knows how many of the refugees who came here in 2015 were coming to infiltrate as terrorists.

  2. Anders Aslund:

    It doesn't exist really in Russia, this is the old Soviet fashion of operating through front organizations. The purpose is to infiltrate the The NRA and, probably, also transfer money.

  3. Yevgeny Petrenko:

    I was supposed to infiltrate the special services of the caliphate and the leadership of the caliphate, one of my orders was to gain access to Omar al-Shishani or to his circle. But during this I was discovered and arrested by the security services of the caliphate.

  4. Max Miller:

    I've never been in combat, but I can tell you this—I‘ve lost friends in Iraq and Afghanistan, and I’ve seen what these wars have done to young men and women, we are showing all of our adversaries the playbook on how to infiltrate our country. It is a complete joke, and it says it's a sham and what he's really doing is he's putting young men and women out there is risking their lives.

  5. John Joyce:

    China is taking a huge role in pouring these poisons into the United States via the porous southern border. China needs to be held accountable for this, they're utilizing the vehicles, that I'm going to identify as the drug cartels, they're utilizing those to infiltrate into the United States and cause this crisis.

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