infiltrator en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɪnfɪltɹeɪtɔː/
- /ˈɪnfɪltɹeɪtə/
Etymology
Etymology tree English infiltrate Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -torlbor. English -or English infiltrator From infiltrate + -or.
Meanings
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One who infiltrates an organization or territory; an undercover or covert agent.
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir blamed infiltrators for the recent deaths of anti-government protesters a speech Sunday while vowing to respect the will of the people in the 2020 elections.
2019 January 20, Sarah El Sirgany and Bianca Britton, “Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir blames infiltrators for anti-government protest deaths”, in CNN:Suddenly, one of the cadre appeared from out of the darkness. "Hello, soldier", he said. "Do you have a light?” “Sure,” Jack replied, digging into his pocket for a book of matches. “Soldier! You are dead!” exclaimed the cadre. Jack had failed to challenge the infiltrator. The password was “Bronx”, the counter password was “Bombers”.
2015, Roger K. Baer, An American Journey, →ISBN:Sometimes Israelis were attacked by Arab infiltrators, and hardly a month went by without a West Jerusalemite either being killed or wounded.
1981, Terrence Prittie, Whose Jerusalem?, page 72:“We will remove every single infiltrator from the country, except Buddha, Hindus and Sikhs,” Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah told supporters in West Bengal on Thursday.
2019 April 12, James Griffiths and Manveena Suri, “Outrage over BJP promise to ‘remove every single infiltrator’ from India”, in CNN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| infiltrators | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
plant (one who infiltrates an organization or territory) · informant (one who infiltrates an organization or territory) · narc (one who infiltrates an organization or territory) · spy (one who infiltrates an organization or territory) · provocateur (one who infiltrates an organization or territory)
Translations (12)
ru аге́нт (one who infiltrates) · hi घुसपैठिया (one who infiltrates) · sv infiltratör (one who infiltrates) · ru лазу́тчица (one who infiltrates) · it infiltratore (one who infiltrates) · ru лазу́тчик (one who infiltrates) · fi soluttautuja (one who infiltrates) · fr infiltrateur (one who infiltrates) · he מסתנן (one who infiltrates) · es infiltrador (one who infiltrates) · ru аге́нтка (one who infiltrates) · nl infiltrant (one who infiltrates)