infiltrate

s'infiltrer, infiltrer

Entrer secrètement dans un lieu ou un groupe pour recueillir des informations ou exercer une influence.

En anglais simple : To secretly enter a place or join a group to collect information or influence it.

• A spy infiltrated the group.
• Police officers infiltrated the criminal network.
• They tried to infiltrate the company using false names.

Synonymes : penetrate

Expressions courantes : infiltrate a group, infiltrate enemy lines, infiltrate an organization

infiltrer, introduire clandestinement

Introduire secrètement des personnes dans un lieu ou un groupe pour recueillir des informations ou exercer une influence.

En anglais simple : To secretly send people into a place or group to collect information or influence it.

• They infiltrated agents into the group.
• The army infiltrated soldiers behind enemy lines.
• The agency plans to infiltrate two spies into the organization.

Comment l'utiliser : infiltrate someone into something (The police infiltrated an officer into the gang.)

Synonymes : plant, insert

Expressions courantes : infiltrate agents, infiltrate spies, infiltrate someone into something

infiltrer, faire percoler

Faire passer lentement un liquide à travers les petits espaces d’une matière.

En anglais simple : To make a liquid pass slowly through small spaces in a material.

• The system infiltrates water through sand.
• They infiltrated a solution through the porous material.
• This method infiltrates liquid into tiny spaces.

Comment l'utiliser : infiltrate something through something (The device infiltrates water through a layer of sand.)

Synonymes : filter, percolate

Expressions courantes : infiltrate water, infiltrate a solution, infiltrate through something

infiltrer, envahir

Pénétrer dans une partie du corps et s’y étendre, notamment en parlant des cellules cancéreuses.

En anglais simple : To enter and spread through a part of the body, especially as cancer cells do.

• Cancer cells can infiltrate nearby tissue.
• The tumor had infiltrated the muscle.
• These cells infiltrate several organs as the disease progresses.

Synonymes : invade, penetrate

Expressions courantes : infiltrate surrounding tissue, infiltrate an organ, infiltrate the muscle