Meanings
present singular third person exfiltrates · participle present exfiltrating · participle past exfiltrated · past exfiltrated
- transitivegovernmentTo withdraw (troops, operatives, etc.) surreptitiously from a dangerous position.
[B]ack in 2017, the CIA had exfiltrated a long-standing source who worked for Putin’s foreign policy chief and had been passing the agency secrets for years. There may be others still in place.
2026 February 20, The Guardian - transitivecomputer securityTo covertly extract data.
There are multiple ways to exfiltrate files from a compromised system. Since you have ssh access, you can always use sftp or scp, but I want to show you another way of moving files using netcat.
2019 December 5, Course Hero, page 3
plural exfiltrates
- that which is exfiltrated, the removed substance or item
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
Hungarian kimenekít, kiment
- kimenekítto withdraw troops surreptitiously from a dangerous position
- kimentto withdraw troops surreptitiously from a dangerous position
- menekítto withdraw troops surreptitiously from a dangerous position
- kihozto withdraw troops surreptitiously from a dangerous position
Italian esfiltrare
- esfiltrareto withdraw troops surreptitiously from a dangerous position
Spanish exfiltrar
- exfiltrarto withdraw troops surreptitiously from a dangerous position
Cite this entry
exfiltrate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exfiltrate
“exfiltrate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exfiltrate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exfiltrate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exfiltrate.
Source: exfiltrate on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.