leaker
noun[C]
uk/ˈliː.kər/us/ˈliː.kɚ/someone whoallowssecretinformationtobecomegenerallyknown:
（秘密消息的）透露者，泄露者They wereabletofairlyquicklyfindthe leaker of thisinformation.他们能够相当迅速地找到这一信息的泄露者。
Thenewsorganizationsthatpublishedthestorieshaverefusedtoidentifythe leaker.发表这些报道的新闻机构拒绝确认泄密者的身份。
- There is ahuntfor leakers in theWhiteHouse.
- Thisraisedquestionsregardingthefutureof otherhigh-profileleakers.
- TheJusticeDepartmenthas alwaysprosecutedthe leakers, thepeoplewho give theclassifiedinformation, but they have notprosecutedthejournalistswho havereceivedit.
Revealing secrets & becoming known
- (the) word is/gets outidiom
- anti-secrecy
- backchannel
- bare
- blowsomeone'scoveridiom
- blow/take the lid offsomethingidiom
- break
- declassify
- hold
- leakage
- Queen's evidence
- rat onsomeone/something
- reintroduce
- revealingly
- revelatory
- shed
- state's evidence
- tip
- transpire
- unload