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WikiLeaks

 
 
/ˈwɪkiliːks/ noun POLITICS, INTERNET

Definition

an organization that publishes on the internet information from secret documents, emails, and recordings from governments, companies, political parties, etc.: In 2010 Wikileaks began publishing a series of leaked US embassy cables.
(Definition of WikiLeaks noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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