infiltrator

noun

in·​fil·​tra·​tor ə̇nˈfil‧ˌtrātə(r) 

ˈinfə̇l-

plural -s

: one that infiltrates

if the first human agents that come into contact with a given culture … are traders, then economic values are the first infiltrators

—P. A. Sorokin

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