🦠 Spreading inside 🕵️ Secretly entering

infiltrative

8.3

Gradually and secretly entering a group or system to gain influence

adjective
/ˈɪnfɪltrətɪv/

: infiltrativo

The organization was concerned about infiltrative activities by outside groups seeking to influence decisions.

Examples

Security measures were increased to prevent any infiltrative attempts by rival companies.
The infiltrative tactics used by the spy were highly effective.
The report described the infiltrative nature of the group's expansion into new regions.
His infiltrative approach allowed him to gather critical information.
The organization was concerned about infiltrative activities by outside groups seeking to influence decisions.
Security measures were increased to prevent any infiltrative attempts by rival companies.
The report described the infiltrative nature of the group's expansion into new regions.

Synonyms

insidious

vsinfiltrative

Formal

45 8.4

Spreading slowly and quietly while causing harm

targets entry to gain influence inside groups

How Embedded

entrenched

28 6.7

embedded

40 4.4

infiltrative

8.3

peripheral

35 6.5

Surface Forms

infiltrative positive

Morphology

infiltrative = infiltrate (semi-transparent) = in + filtr + ate + ive

The adjective is a straightforward suffixal derivative of the verb 'infiltrate', meaning 'relating to or characterized by infiltrating'.

Etymology

Infiltrative comes from in- 'into' plus the same root as filter, which means 'to pass through small openings'. So an infiltrative activity in an organization is one that slowly slips 'into' a group or system, often secretly, to gain influence.