Whistle-blower (Noun)
Meaning
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The former employee was hailed as a whistleblower after revealing the company's fraudulent accounting practices to the authorities.
- The government agency appointed a whistleblower to investigate reports of bribery among top officials.
- She was a whistleblower who had exposed the hospital's poor sanitation conditions, leading to a thorough investigation and major reforms.
- The whistleblower who exposed the scandal was forced to go into hiding after receiving death threats from the implicated parties.
- The company accused the whistleblower of breach of contract and sued him for damages after he went public with allegations of financial misconduct.