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How to pronounce leaker in English?

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Type Words
Type of informant, source
Derivation leak


the president wanted to know who the leakers were.

Examples of leaker

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The book says Nixon himself suspected Felt was a leaker and told Gray to investigate.
From the bloomberg.com
If spies can find the leaker it would give me a little more faith in them.
From the nzherald.co.nz
When he was identified as the leaker, CBS suspended him from reporting.
From the online.wsj.com
This was in an attempt to find an apparent leaker of private information.
From the sfgate.com
He claimed Dunn had broken a promise to keep the identity of the leaker from the full board.
From the businessweek.com
It was also agreed that it if anyone should be punished, it was the leaker who targeted her.
From the post-gazette.com
And he takes advice from Colin Powell, who was the biggest leaker in Washington in his time.
From the economist.com
The leaker sent over some video, you can check it out after the jump.
From the techcrunch.com
Our mayor, Len Brown, on Thursday huffed that the leaker would lose their job if found out.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • A surreptitious informant; "the president wanted to know who the leakers were"
  • 1) a crack or hole in the tube which allows fluids to escape; 2) a hose assembly which allows fluids to escape at the fittings or couplings.
  • Foundry term for castings which leak under liquid or gaseous pressure.
  • What a canoe becomes when you drag the canoe down the concrete boat ramp, take a thwart out, or chop a hole in the bottom.
  • This is a slang term used by some who have a mast cell disease to refer to someone who experiences the symptoms of systemic release of mast cell mediators, but not anaphylaxis, as in "I'm a leaker -- not a shocker."