to leak
219
4.1
- verb
- /liːk/
:
filtrar
- Officials are concerned about who might leak the details of the upcoming reforms before the announcement.
- leak information
- leaked to the press
- leaked documents
Drake just had his response get leaked and sounds great.
- Drake just had his response get leaked and sounds great.
- And so we start leaking these stories to the press.
- How is it that nobody has leaked this information?
- Once again the Internet leaks a huge spoiler.
- Because it constantly changes and correct, they're never gonna leak them passwords.
- Did you hear that she that CNN leaked the questions to her during the debates?
- It's sealed, but someone from the court must have leaked it to TMZ.
- Turns out a few months later, some messages leaked between him and a webcam girl.
- OK, like, OK, so he doxes, she leaks, but the New York Times investigates.
- So yes, we have arrested the person who leaked the report.
- Yeah, allegedly tampering with witnesses, allegedly leaking his ex girlfriend's diary entries.
- And that campaign is always leaked, like, you know, totally.
- Why suddenly are they kind of slow leaking this information?
Examples
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However, the findings of the panel have been leaked and are widely available.
Academic text (1997) -
The draft agreement was leaked to the Israeli press, putting both sides under pressure.
Academic text (2008) -
- Leak it to The Washington Post.
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And how soon did you start leaking news?
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And so we start leaking these stories to the press.
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How is it that nobody has leaked this information?
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The information must have leaked from somewhere.
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Somebody must have leaked them.
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The question continues to be who is leaking this footage and why?
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Two months after the seizure of the cargo, an audio recording was leaked to social media by unknown sources.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
∞
2.3
Show something that was hidden or secret
830
2.9
To become known to people after being hidden
478
1.0
To make secret information known to other people
342
4.1
Reveal hidden facts or bad actions to people
243
3.5
Reveal secret facts to the public
234
4.1
To tell people information that was secret
164
4.5
To reveal secret information, often by mistake
143
4.6
Tell someone's secret to other people
114
3.4
Tell a secret on purpose or by accident
109
4.1
To make something known for the first time
45
6.2
To tell secret or private information to people
43
6.0
To tell a secret or show feelings you were trying to hide
32
3.7
Tell secret or private information to other people
24
3.7
People find out secret information without permission
18
6.0
Tell a secret by accident before others know
8
3.7
Make secret information known to the public
8
6.8
Reveal secret information that shocks people
5
5.6
Accidentally tell someone something you want to keep secret
5
5.1
To tell a secret that should be kept
4
7.1
To reveal information that was previously hidden
2
7.7
Reveal a secret or someone's identity
2
4.4
To tell people about something secret
1
5.5
To tell a secret by accident and spoil a surprise
1
7.9
To tell a secret carelessly or without meaning to
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Literature
1
3.7
Private information that someone shares with the public without permission
- Specialized
A mold that makes fruit and vegetables soft and watery and makes dry rot rings on sweet potato roots
How Public
∞
3.3
342
4.1
219
4.1
∞
2.3
5
5.6
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb leak for secret information uses the image of a small hole where things slip out; it keeps the idea of 'letting out' from the old root, so to leak a secret is to make private news escape.