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infiltrator

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Infiltrator (noun) means a person who secretly joins a group or enters a place in order to spy on it.

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A person who secretly joins a group or enters a place in order to spy on it.

"Sometimes Israelis were attacked by Arab infiltrators, and hardly a month went by without a West Jerusalemite either being killed or wounded." — Terrence Prittie, Whose Jerusalem? (1981)

"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." — Sarah El Sirgany and Bianca Britton, Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir blames infiltrators for anti-government protest deaths (2019)

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