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INFILTRATOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does infiltrator mean?
• INFILTRATOR (noun)
The noun INFILTRATOR has 2 senses:
1. someone who takes up a position surreptitiously for the purpose of espionage
2. an intruder (as troops) with hostile intent
Familiarity information: INFILTRATOR used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who takes up a position surreptitiously for the purpose of espionage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("infiltrator" is a kind of...):
spy; undercover agent ((military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors)
Derivation:
infiltrate (enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An intruder (as troops) with hostile intent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("infiltrator" is a kind of...):
interloper; intruder; trespasser (someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission)
Derivation:
infiltrate (pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict)
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