infiltration
the act or process of infiltrating.
the state of being infiltrated.
something that infiltrates; an infiltrate.
Military.
a method of attack in which small bodies of soldiers or individual soldiers penetrate the enemy's line at weak or unguarded points in order to assemble behind the enemy position and attack it from the rear, harass enemy rear-area installations, etc.
a system of transporting troops or vehicles at extended and irregular intervals so as to avoid enemy observation or attack, especially from the air.
Geology. the seepage of water into soil or rock.: Compare percolation (def. 3).
Origin of infiltration
1Other words from infiltration
- re·in·fil·tra·tion, noun
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How to use infiltration in a sentence
Georgia Power representatives “believe that EPA would have written it in” if they wanted specific kinds of infiltration removed, Cook scribbled in his legal pad.
How a Powerful Company Convinced Georgia to Let It Bury Toxic Waste in Groundwater | by Max Blau | January 18, 2022 | ProPublicaEventually, Sayer emailed a colleague that he’d found a federal report that noted “groundwater would qualify as infiltration.”
How a Powerful Company Convinced Georgia to Let It Bury Toxic Waste in Groundwater | by Max Blau | January 18, 2022 | ProPublicaThrough revelations like these, the industry has become known for using the modern tools of espionage—hacking, surveillance, infiltration, misdirection—in ways that confer power and impunity upon the rich.
The World's Most Famous Private Detective Makes No Apologies | Simon Shuster | September 10, 2021 | TimeIt is also obviously the case that the specter of terrorist infiltration over an unguarded southern border has been a long-standing bit of hand-wringing from members of McCarthy’s party and an unproven one.
Even the terrorist threat to the United States is now partisan | Philip Bump | May 20, 2021 | Washington PostRecent catastrophes, such as active hurricane seasons and the infiltration of the oil industry, have only exacerbated the crisis.
As customers and coastlines disappear, a New Orleans chef fights for her community | Dayana Sarkisova | December 17, 2020 | Washington Post
The military commission this week was to focus on the alleged FBI infiltration of one of the defense teams.
Prosecutors Have No Idea When 9/11 Mastermind’s Trial Will Start | Tim Mak | December 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPolice sources informed Reforma that both action are considered “high risk” and ripe for “anarchist infiltration.”
Mexican Protesters Look to Start a New Revolution | Jason McGahan | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThough Yousef was active in the West Bank Hamas, Gaza would have been attainable infiltration.
infiltration, though, may well taint all main rebel factions.
There are nearly 2,000 African migrants held in internment camps in the Negev desert as a result of the Anti-infiltration Law.
Israeli High Court Judges Let the Oppressed Go Free at Yom Kippur | Joshua Bloom | September 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIf this had been finished the waters would perhaps have invaded it by infiltration.
A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2) | Georges PerrotAnother possible source of loss is the infiltration of small particles of alloy into the cupel.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerOld Hadley has become a prototype of what may become general if this racial infiltration is not soon checked.
Our Foreigners | Samuel P. OrthAmerican ideals and institutions have borne and can bear a great deal of foreign infiltration.
Our Foreigners | Samuel P. OrthThere was very general carbonaceous infiltration throughout the lungs, without excavations to any extent.
An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis | Archibald Makellar
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