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To secretly join an organization or enter a place in order to find out information about it or harm it. To enter gradually for subversive purposes.

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  • A producer is a saboteur who tries to infiltrate the passivity of viewers and to create impressions that are lasting.
  • Don't want to reveal my plan but is the word infiltrate appropriate?
  • The use of the word infiltrate to refer to a child reeks of small minded bigotry.
  • "The use of the word infiltrate to refer to a child reeks of small minded bigotry."
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