whistle blower 1
noundomain: person
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it
Examples
- 1.the law gives little protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a right to know what is going on
- 2.the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals
Synonyms
- whistle-blower 1
an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it
- whistleblower 1
an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it
