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:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("whistle-blower" is a kind of...):

informant; source (a person who supplies information)

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