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infiltrate
verb [I + adv/prep, T] /ˈɪn.fɪl.treɪt/Definition
› to secretly become part of a group in order to get information or to influence the way that group thinks or behaves: A journalist managed to infiltrate the powerful drug cartel.Affecting and influencing › to move slowly into a substance, place, system, or organization: At about this time the new ideas about 'corporate management' had begun to infiltrate (into) local government.Slow and moving slowlyArriving, entering and invading infiltration
/ˌɪn.fɪlˈtreɪ.ʃən/ noun [U] Slow and moving slowlyArriving, entering and invading
(Definition of infiltrate verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- affect verb (INFLUENCE)
- be/fall under sb's influence/spell idiom
- bear on sth phrasal verb
- bearing noun (INFLUENCE)
- carry (sth) over phrasal verb
- colour verb (INFLUENCE)
- come over sb phrasal verb
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- influential adjective
- inroads noun
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- start sb off phrasal verb
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- weigh verb (INFLUENCE)
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