infiltrating

verb

present participle of infiltrate
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 Dozens of pages of documents describe agents secretly infiltrating meetings, monitoring activist chat groups and using license plate numbers to compile names of people who attended gatherings. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 Hardware has been a tentacle of my personal style code since, infiltrating every part of my closet, home and life. — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026 Although the cybersecurity industry has been warning about North Korean IT workers infiltrating jobs for years now, the threat continues to persist. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026 Biological males are infiltrating girls' sports, specifically at the youth and high school level, at remarkably high levels. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Learn more › In the 1950s, plastic quickly began infiltrating the American household. — Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 30 July 2026 According to people familiar with the matter cited by Reuters, the escape attempt began around July 9, and the agent started infiltrating Hugging Face’s systems on July 11, continuing through July 13. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 29 July 2026 Dee joins Rick Devens from Survivor 50, Big Brother 26 breakout Angela Murray, and RuPaul’s Drag Race star Jason De Puy/Salina EsTitties as previous reality competition TV veterans infiltrating the season 28 house. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 11 July 2026 In 2020, Kristofer Goldsmith said that a fellow veteran invited him to partner up on infiltrating Patriot Front. — Odette Yousef, NPR, 11 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infiltrating
  1. sneaking
  2. inserting
  3. slipping
  4. winding
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  • In addition to dark transits, another tactic for sneaking oil supplies through the strait is ship-to-ship transfers, a practice Iran and Russia have previously used to get their oil tankers past Western sanctions.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The fact that each tally mark was a dollar in the band’s pocket, and that sneaking in was essentially stealing money from them, also didn’t faze us.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of sneaking
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  • Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images In late July, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang posted on X for the first time to defend open-source models in artificial intelligence, inserting himself into a debate that was raging across the industry.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Adding to the mix is the subtext of an Administration that revels in inserting itself into any business deal and the ongoing story of the efforts of a politically friendly billionaire trying to close the deal.
    — Rick Ellis, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of inserting
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  • Vaccination rates have been slipping since the 2019–2020 school year, when the US had obtained rates of around 95 percent, the threshold needed to keep outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases from spreading in communities.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
  • By the time a slipping receivable or a bloated inventory line shows up in that review, weeks of cash have already been lost.
    — Nick Chandi, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of slipping
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  • Tendrils of jasmine dangle from balconies; Romanesque statues rise from winding pathways shrouded in vines.
    — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Passing through the gates and up a winding road lined with cedar, palm, and pine trees, the villa comes into view, and my anxiety quickly gives way to excitement.
    — Ken Gawrych, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of winding

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