1 ~ (sb) (into sth) to enter or make sb enter a place or an organization secretly, especially in order to get information that can be used against it:
[VN] The headquarters had been infiltrated by enemy spies. * Rebel forces were infiltrated into the country. * [V] The CIA agents successfully infiltrated into the terrorist organizations.
2 ~ (into) sth (technical) (especially of liquids or gases) to pass slowly into sth:
[V] Only a small amount of the rainwater actually infiltrates into the soil. [also VN]
infiltration noun [U]:
communist infiltration of the army * the infiltration of rain into the soil
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