Dictionary Definition

infiltrate

1 cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices

2 enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members; "The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor" [syn: penetrate]

3 pass into or through by filtering or permeating; "the substance infiltrated the material"

4 pass through an enemy-line; in a military conflict [syn: pass through]

User Contributed Dictionary

To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access

To cause a fluid to pass through a substance by filtration

To send soldiers through gaps in the enemy line

infiltrate

Infiltration may refer to:

Infiltration (HVAC), a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) term for air leakage into buildings
Infiltration (hydrology), downward movement of water through soil
Infiltration (medical), the diffusion or accumulation of substances not normal to it or in amounts in excess of the normal
Infiltration (zine), a popular urban exploration zine/website created by Jeff Chapman (a.k.a. Ninjalicious)
InfiltrationMod, a tactical shooter game
Infiltration tactics, tactics developed by the German army in 1917 that broke the trench-warfare stalemate on the western front
An attempt to sneak across a border, or into a guarded place. See also Palestinian infiltration.
In sociology and politics, infiltration may refer to entryism. For example, organization A's members furtively join organization B so that A can try to take over B
Espionage
Urban exploration, exploring parts of towns etc which are normally off-limits
The Transformers: Infiltration, a 2006 comic book series by IDW Publishing

infiltrate in German: Infiltration

infiltrate in French: Infiltration

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