What is the difference between ‘infiltrator’ and ‘intruder’?
When you enter someone’s property without his consent, you become an intruder. This act may or may not be intentional. You may for example, walk into someone’s property without being aware of it. Perhaps you failed to see the ‘Keep Out: Private Property’ sign.
The burglar who breaks into your house to steal is also an intruder: only in this case, the intrusion is deliberate. Both intruders are performing an illegal act; they are both breaking the law.
The intruders were caught by the students and handed over to the police.
An ‘infiltrator’ always makes use of stealth. He enters an organisation or a country without others being aware of it. The word has a very negative connotation. An infiltrator is usually very cunning and invariably plans everything in advance: one cannot become an ‘infiltrator’ by accident. In this case, you are breaking the law deliberately.
The infiltrators were shot while they were attempting to cross the border.
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