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leaker
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈliː.kər/ us /ˈliː.kɚ/
someone who allows secret information to become generally known: （秘密消息的）透露者，泄露者
They were able to fairly quickly find the leaker of this information. 他们能够相当迅速地找到这一信息的泄露者。
The news organizations that published the stories have refused to identify the leaker. 发表这些报道的新闻机构拒绝确认泄密者的身份。
There is a hunt for leakers in the White House.
This raised questions regarding the future of other high-profile leakers.
The Justice Department has always prosecuted the leakers, the people who give the classified information, but they have not prosecuted the journalists who have received it.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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backchannel
bare
bare your heart/soulidiom
blow someone's coveridiom
blow/take the lid off somethingidiom
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huddle
kiss
rat
rat on someone/something
reintroduce
revealingly
revelatory
state's evidence
surface
tip
transpire
unravel
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