as in sneaking
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 infiltrating
Season 5 dives into the contrast between old and new New York, with secret billionaires, mobsters and mysterious residents infiltrating the building.
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Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The Taliban was and still is adept at infiltrating aid organizations and diverting aid to fill their coffers.
—Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
OneTaste opened its doors in San Francisco in the early two-thousands, as wellness culture was infiltrating the mainstream.
—Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
By infiltrating them, Fuentes is shaping the future of the right.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
By summer 2023, the ghosts took a new approach to infiltrating the system, filling up seats in courses with no prerequisites.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
Her main ability is to weaken robotic enemies by infiltrating their systems by running through a minigame.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
On Monday, Russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were infiltrating areas near northwest of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region near where Russian forces likely have made advances, according to the Institute for the Study of War.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
The sci-fi comedy’s four-part finale event was previously teased during San Diego Comic-Con with a look at Aleesha’s (Zainab Johnson) new life as a spy tasked with infiltrating Horizon, the company in charge of running Lakeview.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2025
Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The Taliban was and still is adept at infiltrating aid organizations and diverting aid to fill their coffers.
—Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
OneTaste opened its doors in San Francisco in the early two-thousands, as wellness culture was infiltrating the mainstream.
—Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
By infiltrating them, Fuentes is shaping the future of the right.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
By summer 2023, the ghosts took a new approach to infiltrating the system, filling up seats in courses with no prerequisites.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
Her main ability is to weaken robotic enemies by infiltrating their systems by running through a minigame.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
On Monday, Russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were infiltrating areas near northwest of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region near where Russian forces likely have made advances, according to the Institute for the Study of War.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
The sci-fi comedy’s four-part finale event was previously teased during San Diego Comic-Con with a look at Aleesha’s (Zainab Johnson) new life as a spy tasked with infiltrating Horizon, the company in charge of running Lakeview.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infiltrating
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Form And Function In Healthcare One of my most cherished childhood memories is sneaking into my father's study and pretending to be an architect.—
Dr. Taha Kass-Hout,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Ciarlo has been a beauty aficionado from her early age of sneaking into her mother's makeup drawer and smearing Joker-esque lipstick on her face.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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Give your pumpkin a floral border by inserting one or two flowers into each vial (the flowers should be big enough to cover the holes).—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Sep. 2025
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By inserting an extra biochemical cycle into a model plant, the researchers boosted growth, seed yield, and fat production without increasing water demand.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Operationally, Applebee’s and IHOP are slipping behind competitors.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Comfort definitely improved, but performance didn’t always keep pace — there were times when traction suffered, leading to more slipping and, in my opinion, the softer spikes could leave deeper indentations on greens that sometimes-affected putting.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
12 Sep. 2025
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The evening after Jîna’s death, on assignment for the newspaper Ham-Mihan, my friend and colleague Elaheh Mohammadi drove eight hours overnight, through winding mountains and narrow roads, to Saqqez, Jîna’s hometown in Kurdistan.—
Fatemeh Jamalpour,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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Additionally, the steep and rugged terrain along the winding road slowed down progress, requiring a careful and methodical approach.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Infiltrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infiltrating. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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