news leak

1. 1.

   unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information

   Synonymsleak

   Broaderdisclosure

Questions about news leak

What does news leak mean?

news leak means "unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information".

What is another word for news leak?

Close synonyms include leak. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is news leak a common word?

news leak is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.