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leaker, n.|ˈliːkə(r)|
[f. leak v. + -er.]
One who discloses secret information or allows it to be disclosed.
1969Punch 12 Feb. 227/3 Guilty leakers have been known to get the sack, but strenuous efforts are usually made to keep this out of the papers. a1974R. Crossman Diaries (1976) II. 367 But now I was obviously Harold's suspect as the chief leaker when he called on the Lord Chancellor to put into operation the procedure for leak detection. 1988Economist 12 Mar. 39/2 Lie-detectors..have also been much used in the Reagan administration to find leakers of information. 1993D. C. Reece Rich Broth vi. 45 This would surely stimulate my unmasking as a master leaker before my thunderstruck boss. In any case the revelations..would be easily traceable to me. |