Synonyms for infiltrate
ɪnˈfɪl treɪt, ˈɪn fɪlˌtreɪtin·fil·trate

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1. infiltrate

   Synonyms:
   instil, inoculate, permeate, saturate, soak

   Antonyms:
   strain, draw off, defiltrate

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1. infiltrateverb

   cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices

   Synonyms:
   penetrate, pass through

2. infiltrate, penetrateverb

   enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members

   "The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor"

   Synonyms:
   click, imbue, penetrate, pass through, dawn, permeate, perforate, diffuse, sink in, riddle, come home, get through, bottom, fall into place, fathom, pervade, get across, interpenetrate

3. infiltrateverb

   pass into or through by filtering or permeating

   "the substance infiltrated the material"

   Synonyms:
   penetrate, pass through

4. infiltrate, pass throughverb

   pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict

   Synonyms:
   transit, pass over, penetrate, move through, pass through, pass across

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1. • Permeate

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1. infiltrate

   Synonyms:
   v. i. soak (into a porous substance), be absorbed, pass by filtration

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1. List of paraphrases for "infiltrate":

   sneak, seep, penetrate

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1. Ron Avi Astor:

   In the United States, United States's a little bit more quiet, but United States's there. We hear United States in the discussions about building a wall, those kinds of political comments and views and feelings, we're pretty certain, infiltrate themselves into the classroom and into schools.

2. Heraldo Munoz:

   Let us also put a focus on the people who are protesting peacefully as you should see in a democracy, these incidents of looting and attacks are isolated incidents. There are anarchistic groups that always infiltrate these peaceful protests. But the protests, marches, and some have been massive: these are people who want a change, that the abuses don´t continue and it´s those we should focus on.

3. David Maxwell:

   The coronavirus crisis has exposed the [Chinese Communist Party] CCPs strategy to infiltrate and dominate international institutions for two main reasons: to ensure they act favorably toward the PRC and to prevent admittance of Taiwan to any international organizations, at the very basic level, it is about ensuring these organizations accept and adhere to the One China concept.

4. Max Miller:

   I've never been in combat, but I can tell you this—I‘ve lost friends in Iraq and Afghanistan, and I’ve seen what these wars have done to young men and women, we are showing all of our adversaries the playbook on how to infiltrate our country. It is a complete joke, and it says it's a sham and what he's really doing is he's putting young men and women out there is risking their lives.

5. Ira Mehlman:

   It’s a huge danger. The numbers make it difficult to do the kinds of vetting that’s necessary and just the circumstances in Islamic State-occupied Syria and other countries, it’s impossible to do the big checks necessary, all while we have ISIS and other groups telling us they intend to infiltrate operatives through the refugee process.