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INF-iltr-ayt/ˈɪnfɪltreɪt/

To infiltrate is to enter a place or group secretly in order to spy on it or undermine it: infiltrate a network, copy that infiltrates a file. Spy (already in the dictionary) is the person or the watch; penetrate is wider. Lifestyle copy is not an n.

Meaning

To enter a place or group secretly in order to spy on it or undermine it.

Examples

• “Do not let lifestyle copy infiltrate an empty n.”
• “Penetrate is wider. Insinuate is the wording twin. Copy is branding. A cell is a count. Fill the n; keep lifestyle for the magazine.”

Good to know

Enter secretly to spy or undermine. Wider: penetrate. Lifestyle copy ≠ a filled n.

Near in meaning

penetrate, insinuate, slip into

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