whistle-blower [法] 告密者, 揭发者
whistle-blower[ noun ]
an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it
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the law gives little protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a right to know what is going onthe whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals
- Yours Faithfully, Louis Rex III As for Tom Paine (now fired as staffer from the Foreign Relations Committee), friends rallied to him as a Congressional whistle-blower.
- The whistle-blower has told police of other incidents, although he concedes that he has little evidence because he didn't save documents.
- Mulroney blamed an unidentified whistle-blower who he said leaked the budget to a television reporter.
- Under the so-called whistle-blower statute, the government decides if it believes the evidence in a case is compelling and, if so, it may then join in as a co-plaintiff.
- In the report, Waste Management takes credit for notifying regulators, but fails to give credit to a whistle-blower, later fired, for notifying the company.
- We applaud Mr. Thornburgh's action on the whistle-blower bill, and will look for further clarification of his views on how to protect the presidency.
- As well, the measure includes so-called "whistle-blower" protections to those drawing attention to major fraud.
- This whistle-blower has his limits.
- None of them loves a whistle-blower."