infiltrating

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 The show revolved around Crockett and Tubbs, two undercover detectives infiltrating South Florida’s criminal underworld. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026 Plus, even if a company isn’t intentionally using your data to train their models, one of their many agents could always go rogue, infiltrating company data and hoovering up individual users’ conversations with their chatbots. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026 For a brand so rooted in sleek designs and drenched in an ever-present Bauhaus inspiration, seeing a botanical print infiltrating its language was unexpected. — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026 The group is known for infiltrating companies by exploiting software vulnerabilities or server misconfigurations to breach IT networks and then spreading ransomware to encrypt computers. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026 The company discovered in July that rogue AI agents had schemed in secret to break out of the virtual sandbox created to contain them, infiltrating the open internet and hacking a private company. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infiltrating
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  • For a solid thirty minutes, the candidates defended their honor as the race’s most pro-Israel candidate — at times sneaking in jabs about their opponent.
    — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • But, the heartbreak would come sneaking around the bend over what might be the wildest 20 seconds of recent Big Ten memory, thanks to the insane final few minutes.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
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  • The process, called cured-in-place pipe lining, involves inserting a flexible liner into the old pipe, inflating it and hardening it in place.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Initially, county officials declined to open the list, citing the security threat of inserting a thumb drive of unknown origin into a government computer.
    — Miles Parks, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026
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  • Its model has Nvidia’s share of the other hyperscalers’ spending slipping from 18% in 2026 to 16% in 2027.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
  • In the meantime, the strangers who are slipping into her home through the box have become her part-time companions, starting with Jason and Amanda and continuing with others like Leighton and Blair.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Its main street is lined with shops selling handblown glass and cozy knits, and colorful boats bob along its winding waterways.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Along with that oh-so-sweet commercial success came rounds of discourse that callously dissected her racial identity, her relationship with her Blackness, and the winding history of genre in the context of American music.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2026

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“Infiltrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infiltrating. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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