News Leak (Noun)
Meaning
Unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The news leak about the company's financial struggles sent the stock price plummeting.
- A former employee was suspected of being the source of the news leak about the company's upcoming project.
- The government agency was rocked by a news leak about the alleged corruption of one of its top officials.
- After a news leak revealed the candidate's scandalous past, her campaign was left reeling.
- The news leak from the White House about the impending policy change caught many lawmakers off guard.