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leakee

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

One about whom information is leaked.

Equivalents

Françaisleakée

Examples

“He went so far as to change⟳ substantive policy decisions after they had been leaked to the press⟳ in order⟳ to undermine the leaker and embarrass the leakee.”
“The two lobbyists understandably saw⟳ no reason⟳ to keep⟳ their information secret; the law, as everybody understood it, punished leakers, not leakees.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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