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WHISTLE-BLOWER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it
Example:
the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals
Synonyms:
whistle-blower; whistle blower; whistleblower
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("whistle-blower" is a kind of...):
informant; source (a person who supplies information)
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