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leak

 
/lik/ n [C]

Definition

Little jets of water shot out of the leaks in her garden hose. A leak is also the act of giving out information privately, esp. when people in authority do not want it to be known: The Justice Department was investigating security leaks.
(Definition of leak n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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