infiltration
pronunciation
How to pronounce infiltration in British English:
UK [ˌɪnfɪl'treɪʃn]
How to pronounce infiltration in American English:
US [ˌɪnfɪlˈtreʃən]
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- Noun:
- a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection)
- the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium
Word Origin
- infiltration (n.)
- early 15c., "a knitting together," noun of action from infiltrate. In physics, from 1796. Figurative sense of "a passing into" (anything immaterial) is from 1840; military sense of "stealthy penetration of enemy lines" dates from 1930.
Example
- 1. He also poses as a defender of turkmen culture against russian infiltration .
- 2. Computer experts also say the software can make a computer vulnerable to infiltration by hackers .
- 3. More recently , however , hamas has closed the tunnel complex to slow infiltration and gun-running .
- 4. In north waziristan , for example , a 2006 agreement led to a tripling of cross-border infiltration .
- 5. Of the 22 local authorities disbanded last year because of alleged infiltration by organised crime , four were outside the south .