leaker

noun

Etymology

From leak + -er.

  1. derived from *leg-
  2. inherited from *lekaną
  3. derived from leka
  4. derived from leken
  5. inherited from *lecan
  6. inherited from leken
  7. suffixed as leaker — “leak + er

Definitions

  1. Somebody who leaks information.

    • Whereas the government had to dig up a nearly 150-year-old case to support its aiding-the-enemy charge, it has had an easier time using the Espionage Act against Manning and other leakers.
  2. Anything that leaks.

    • The team decided on a group comparison with eight leakers and eight nonleakers. They selected eight trucks that had failed the leak test with an upper ditch leak. Obtaining trucks that did not leak was more difficult […]

The neighborhood

Derived

nonleaker

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for leaker. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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