[adjective] - (of something unpleasant or dangerous) gradually and secretly causing harmOrganized crime has an insidious influence on all who come into contact with it.Alcohol-abuse is a more insidious problem than drug-abuse because alcohol is almost universal.It's an insidious disease that attacks the central nervous system.
INSIDIOUS
Meaning of INSIDIOUS in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012