news leak
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3.7
- noun
- /nuːz liːk/
- Literature
:
filtración de noticias
- The politician's campaign was heavily affected by a news leak revealing confidential strategy discussions.
- source of news leak
Examples
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The news about the secret deal was a significant news leak that surprised everyone.
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Now that it's completed, I'd hate to have the news leak out.
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A news leak is a disclosure of embargoed information in advance.
Blog text (11) -
After the news leak, the company had to address concerns about its internal security protocols.
Synonyms
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4.1
Making secret or new information known to others
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4.8
An act of making secret information public without permission
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5.8
An incident when private information is accessed or shared without permission
17
3.9
A sign that shows something that was meant to stay secret
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4.6
Private information becoming known to people who should not have it
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4.0
Making something known to many people so they can see or talk about it
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4.6
An incident where private information is given to people who should not see it
Making something hidden become known
Making secret information known to other people
To tell people private or secret information
The accidental release of secret information to people who should not see it
How Official
- Formal
150
3.7
- Literature
94
2.5
- Literature
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3.7
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6.4
- US
74
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is directly compositional: 'news' (reported information) combined with 'leak' (making secret facts public) yields an unauthorized disclosure to the media. Both constituents are frequent and the noun+noun/verb-to-noun pattern is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the words would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
News leak comes from the image of a hole in a bucket: the word leak shows something leaving a closed place like water through a hole, so a news leak is when private information 'gets out' to the public without permission.