as in to sneak
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 infiltrate
An Arizona woman was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for her role in a scheme involving IT workers who infiltrated and defrauded hundreds of U.S. businesses.
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Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Sam will have to infiltrate a weapons factory or hunt massive chiral creatures.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 15 July 2025
These attacks allowed the actor to deploy backdoor accounts, spread ransomware and infiltrate sensitive systems across the network.
—Jonathan Fischbein, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Perry also made headlines after filing for a restraining order against a man who allegedly infiltrated her property in Santa Barbara in June.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 19 July 2025
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Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Sam will have to infiltrate a weapons factory or hunt massive chiral creatures.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 15 July 2025
These attacks allowed the actor to deploy backdoor accounts, spread ransomware and infiltrate sensitive systems across the network.
—Jonathan Fischbein, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Perry also made headlines after filing for a restraining order against a man who allegedly infiltrated her property in Santa Barbara in June.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infiltrate
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Some folks get fancy and use electric kettles for pastas, and others sneak illicit hot plates into their dorms.—
Katherine Polcari,
Southern Living,
27 July 2025
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Long romanticized by cinema (hello, Jack Sparrow), pirate imagery is sneaking into fashion shows, reinterpreted with with luxurious materials, high shafts, relaxed structure, and lots of buckles.—
María Munsuri,
Glamour,
27 July 2025
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Technically, the Singapore Sling is not a tiki drink, but this tropical concoction has wormed its way into the tiki canon.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
26 July 2025
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From being the face of a labor action against Hooters as a teen to filming on The Hills years before her own reality TV breakthrough on Vanderpump Rules to partying with Paris Hilton at Les Deux and dating John Mayer, Scheana Shay has wormed her way into every potential site of 2000s nostalgia.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
23 July 2025
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Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 July 2025
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Cut a pocket into each chicken breast by inserting the tip of a chef’s knife in the thickest part of the breast and cutting a horizontal slit 3/4 of the way through the breast.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
13 July 2025
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Asian stocks closed lower, European markets opened down, and S&P 500 futures slipped.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Over the course of the operation, two F/A-18E planes, valued at around $60 million apiece, accidentally slipped off aircraft carriers and sank into the Red Sea.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
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In his absence, it's expected that Jimmy Garoppolo and Stetson Bennett will split a majority of the first-team reps while 26-year-old Dresser Winn works in with the backups.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 July 2025
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Bornstein helped build Nordstrom’s website as its vice president of e-commerce in the early 2000s and worked in the C-suite for Sephora and Stitch Fix.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
26 July 2025
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“Infiltrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infiltrate. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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