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