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 Valdes was a Cuban intelligence asset tasked with infiltrating Cuban exile organizations since at least the 1990s, according to ICE. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026 Earlier this year, Anthropic’s Mythos AI model made headlines when it was caught infiltrating third party systems, a cybersecurity nightmare years in the making. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 2 Sep. 2026 Meghan expressed concern that school pickups and dropoffs would lead to a swarm of paparazzi infiltrating the moment. — Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infiltrating
  1. sneaking
  2. inserting
  3. slipping
  4. winding
Verb
  • The new quarterback Mensah with a short completion that Toney turns into a 48-yard play, bouncing up from the tackle and sneaking in a quick little Heisman pose for good measure.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Rather than trade Ohtani for Caminero, who has blossomed into a two-time All-Star at 23, the team added at the deadline in hopes of sneaking into the wild-card race.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of sneaking
Verb
  • Sadly, the production was a downer, draining Kushner’s masterpiece of color and humor and inserting, in their place, gloomy projections of cityscapes and, unaccountably, David Bowie songs.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Extending Zero Trust To Code Applying zero trust to code execution does not mean inserting manual review into every software path or replacing controls such as EDR, vulnerability management, SAST, SCA, SBOMs, signing or provenance.
    — Ken Ammon, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of inserting
Verb
  • Each of its elements began, long ago, in the loamy earth, hatching and creeping or slipping, slick and squealing, from the womb of the mind.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Alongside the Rams’ Terrance Ferguson, the Saint was criminally undervalued throughout the fantasy draft season, often slipping well into the double-digit rounds in 12-team exercises.
    — Brad Evans, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of slipping
Verb
  • Óscar turned off the winding highway and up a rutted dirt road lined with orchards.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Thousands of Moto Guzzi riders pulled up Saturday for an annual gathering and informal ride along the winding lakeside roads.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of winding

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“Infiltrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infiltrating. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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