as in sneaks
to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way
over time, undercover agents infiltrated the crime ring and eventually busted their gambling racket
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Recent Examples of infiltrates
The Savant stars Chastain as an undercover investigator who infiltrates online hate groups and takes them down from the inside.
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Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Downy brome, an invasive weed, infiltrates grassland and increases wildfire risk in the Great Basin region.
—Pam Marrone, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
The thriller stars the Academy Award winner as an expert investigator who infiltrates online hate organizations in the hopes of thwarting acts of domestic terrorism.
—Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
In The Savant, inspired by a true story as reported by Cosmopolitan, Chastain plays an anti-extremism operative who infiltrates white-supremacist forums online to prevent explosive acts of violence.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Hulu has unveiled the first trailer for The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, its remake of the classic 1992 psychological thriller, starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead as a mother and Maika Monroe as the nanny who infiltrates the lives of her family.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
Tyler Perry's gone full sicko mode with Beauty in Black, a soapy thriller about an exotic dancer who infiltrates the lives of the Bellarie beauty dynasty and disrupts its connections to a seedy criminal underbelly.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
Wednesday then infiltrates Isaac and Francoise’s operation.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
This activates Nora, who infiltrates Lakeview to find and save the love of her life.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Downy brome, an invasive weed, infiltrates grassland and increases wildfire risk in the Great Basin region.
—Pam Marrone, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
The thriller stars the Academy Award winner as an expert investigator who infiltrates online hate organizations in the hopes of thwarting acts of domestic terrorism.
—Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
In The Savant, inspired by a true story as reported by Cosmopolitan, Chastain plays an anti-extremism operative who infiltrates white-supremacist forums online to prevent explosive acts of violence.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Hulu has unveiled the first trailer for The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, its remake of the classic 1992 psychological thriller, starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead as a mother and Maika Monroe as the nanny who infiltrates the lives of her family.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
Tyler Perry's gone full sicko mode with Beauty in Black, a soapy thriller about an exotic dancer who infiltrates the lives of the Bellarie beauty dynasty and disrupts its connections to a seedy criminal underbelly.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
Wednesday then infiltrates Isaac and Francoise’s operation.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
This activates Nora, who infiltrates Lakeview to find and save the love of her life.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infiltrates
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But when a famous author sneaks into town and a body is found in his penthouse apartment, cunning fox investigator Vera Vixen must piece together what happened.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
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Determined, Khaled sneaks into Israel and embarks on a journey to the sea.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
17 Oct. 2025
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However, the real ineptitude occurs a little earlier when River interprets a fight that Gimball has with Jaffrey’s chief of staff, Tyson Bowman (Abraham Popoola), as a physical attack and inserts himself into the scene, setting off this tragicomic series of events.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
15 Oct. 2025
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Gaines inserts the tool’s probe into the soil of her potted plants, which reveals how wet the soil is.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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The apprentice dismantles the hilt almost by instinct and slips the crystal from within.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
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Just a day later, Uranus retrograde slips back into Taurus, shaking up what could’ve felt reliable and predictable.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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