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unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape; "one of the tires developed a leak" a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak" soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly" enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure; "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basement" be leaked; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy" tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper" the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak" |
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