Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Noun
S: (n) whistle blower, whistle-blower, whistleblower (an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it) "the law gives little protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a right to know what is going on"; "the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals"
W: (v) leak [Related to: leaker] (be leaked) "The news leaked out despite his secrecy"
W: (v) leak [Related to: leaker] (tell anonymously) "The news were leaked to the paper"
S: (n) passive source (an informant who is not assigned to obtain specific intelligence but who routinely passes on whatever information he or she has)
S: (n) whistle blower, whistle-blower, whistleblower (an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it) "the law gives little protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a right to know what is going on"; "the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals"