Whistleblower

noun

noun ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of whistle-blower. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it wordnet

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"On Pack's last full day as CEO, a whistleblower protection nonprofit, the Government Accountability Project, sent a letter to lawmakers alleging that USAGM had spent at least $2 million in taxpayer money to pay a private law firm to investigate and compile dossiers on agency employees and the Open Technology Fund."

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