Defining 'insinuate' in context

Hello! Today we are looking at a vocabulary question focused on context clues. Let's read the excerpt and find the meaning of the word insinuate.

The passage says: 'Much can go wrong, of course, when researchers try to insinuate robots into animal social groups—and sometimes, the failures are for prosaic reasons.'

In this specific context, researchers are trying to get robots accepted or integrated into a group of animals. This is a physical or social integration process.

Let's look at our options. Option A is copy exactly. This refers to mimicry, but it doesn't fit the sentence structure of putting a robot into a group.

Option B is hint at secretly. While insinuate often means making a suggestion in common speech, that definition doesn't make sense when you are physically placing a robot into a social group.