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exfiltrate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɛksfɪltɹeɪt/

Etymology

After infiltrate.

Meanings

  1. that which is exfiltrated, the removed substance or item

Forms

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exfiltrates Number=Plur lexicographic

exfiltrate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɛksfɪltɹeɪt/

Etymology

After infiltrate.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To withdraw (troops, operatives, etc.) surreptitiously from a dangerous position.
    • [B]ack in 2017, the CIA had exfiltrated a long-standing source who worked for Putin’s foreign policy chief and had been passing the agency secrets for years. There may be others still in place. 2026 February 20, The Guardian:
  2. (qualifier:computer security, transitive) To covertly extract data.
    • There are multiple ways to exfiltrate files from a compromised system. Since you have ssh access, you can always use sftp or scp, but I want to show you another way of moving files using netcat. 2019 December 5, Course Hero, page 3:

Forms

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exfiltrates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
exfiltrated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
exfiltrated Tense=Past lexicographic
exfiltrating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Antonyms

infiltrate

Relateds

exfiltration

Translations (7)

hu menekít (to withdraw troops surreptitiously from a dangerous position) · es exfiltrar (to withdraw troops surreptitiously from a dangerous position) · hu kimenekít (to withdraw troops surreptitiously from a dangerous position) · hu kiment (to withdraw troops surreptitiously from a dangerous position) · hu kihoz (to withdraw troops surreptitiously from a dangerous position) · scn sfirtrari (to withdraw troops surreptitiously from a dangerous position) · it esfiltrare (to withdraw troops surreptitiously from a dangerous position)