infiltrator

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See also: infiltratör

English

Etymology

From infiltrate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪnfɪltɹeɪtə/, /ˈɪnfɪltɹeɪtɔː/

Noun

infiltrator (plural infiltrators)

  1. One who infiltrates an organization or territory; an undercover or covert agent.
    • 1981, Terrence Prittie, Whose Jerusalem?, page 72:
      Sometimes Israelis were attacked by Arab infiltrators, and hardly a month went by without a West Jerusalemite either being killed or wounded.
    • 2015, Roger K. Baer, An American Journey, →ISBN:
      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”.
    • 2019 January 20, Sarah El Sirgany and Bianca Britton, “Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir blames infiltrators for anti-government protest deaths”, in CNN‎:
      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 April 12, James Griffiths and Manveena Suri, “Outrage over BJP promise to ‘remove every single infiltrator’ from India”, in CNN‎:
      “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.

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