leaks

Noun

leak (plural leaks)

1. A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
   • a leak in a roof
2. The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.
   • The leak gained on the ship's pumps.
3. A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret.
   • The leaks by Chelsea Manning showed the secrets of the US military.
4. The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurs.
   • […] so even if he was the leak, we would never know.2015, Leena Ching, Scandalous, Purple Diamond Publishing
5. A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation, or the point where it occurs.
6. The gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to deallocate previously reserved portions.
   • resource leak

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