whistle-blower English

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whistle-blower Noun

— A whistle-blower is a person who reports an unlawful act to the authorities. We owe it to a small group of brave whistle-blowers that we know about the infractions at all.

whistle-blower

— noun (= whistleblower) 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

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whistle-blower English » English

whistleblower

informer

whistle blower

supergrass

stoolpigeon

stoolie

stool pigeon

squealer

snitch

informant

grass

fink

denunciator

denouncers

denouncer

delator

betrayer

accuser

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Movie subtitles

Someone's telling him not to be a whistle-blower.

News and current affairs

A successful businessman, he could become an ombudsman and whistle-blower, which would be a real innovation.