- news leak
- noununauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information• Syn: ↑leak• Hypernyms: ↑disclosure, ↑revelation, ↑revealing
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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News leak — A news leak is a disclosure of embargoed information in advance of its official release, or the unsanctioned release of confidential information. Contents 1 Types of news leaks 2 Reasons for leaks 3 Notable news leaks 3.1 … Wikipedia
leak — [lēk] vi. [ME leken < ON leka, to drip < IE base * leg , to drip, trickle, LACK, OIr legaim, (I) dissolve, Welsh llaith, damp] 1. to let a fluid substance out or in accidentally [the boats leaks] 2. to enter, or escape accidentally from, an … English World dictionary
leak — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. seep, ooze, escape. See egress, disclosure, waste. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Loss through leakage] Syn. leakage, loss, flow, seepage, drop, escape, outgoing, incoming, detriment, short circuit,… … English dictionary for students
Leak (disambiguation) — A leak is a a hole through which substances can escape or enter. It can also refer to:*Gas leak *Fuel leak *Grid leak, an operating characteristic of vacuum tubes *Internet leak, political leak, news leak, an unwanted transmission of information… … Wikipedia
leak out — v. (D; intr.) to leak out to (the news leaked out to the press) * * * [ liːk aʊt] (D; intr.) to leak out to (the news leak outed out to the press) … Combinatory dictionary
leak out — {v. phr.} To become known; escape. * /The famous beauty queen tried to keep her marriage a secret, but news of it soon leaked out./ … Dictionary of American idioms
leak out — {v. phr.} To become known; escape. * /The famous beauty queen tried to keep her marriage a secret, but news of it soon leaked out./ … Dictionary of American idioms
news — [n] information, revelation account, advice, announcement, broadcast, bulletin, cable, cognizance, communication, communiqué, copy, data, description, disclosure, discovery, dispatch, enlightenment, exposé, eye opener*, front page news*,… … New thesaurus
leak — I n. 1) to spring a leak 2) to plug, stop a leak II v. 1) (B) ( to divulge ) they leaked the news to the press 2) (d; intr.) ( to enter by flowing ) to leak into (water leaked into the basement) 3) (D; intr.) ( to escape by flowing ) to leak out… … Combinatory dictionary
leak out — verb be leaked (Freq. 4) The news leaked out despite his secrecy • Syn: ↑leak • Derivationally related forms: ↑leak (for: ↑leak), ↑leaker ( … Useful english dictionary
