infiltration
/ˌɪnfɪlˈtreɪʃən/
noun
- The act of secretly entering a place or group, especially to gain information or cause harm.
- The spy's infiltration of the embassy took months of careful planning.
- The movie is about the infiltration of a criminal gang by an undercover police officer.
- The company discovered an infiltration of hackers into its computer network.
- The gradual spread or movement of something into a place or system.
- Doctors are studying the infiltration of cancer cells into healthy tissue.
- The infiltration of saltwater into the freshwater reservoir is a growing concern.
- The infiltration of new ideas into the traditional community happened slowly.
- The process of a liquid slowly passing through a material or into the ground.
- Proper drainage prevents the infiltration of water into the basement.
- Rainwater infiltration into the soil helps replenish underground water supplies.
- The engineer tested the rate of water infiltration through the concrete barrier.
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