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whistle-blower

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British/ˈwɪs(ə)lbləwə/

whistle-blower noun: one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities; especially, an employee or former employee who reports a violation by an employer.

Noun

whistle-blower (plural whistle-blowers)

  1. (US) One who reports a problem or violation to the authorities; especially, an employee or former employee who reports a violation by an employer.
    • We owe it to a small group of brave whistle-blowers that we know about the infractions at all.
    • As my study proceeded, I began to see that an investigation of organizational morality should also explore managerial dissenters, so-called whistleblowers, many of whom take stands against their organizations on grounds that they define as moral.1988, Robert Jackall, “Author's Note”, in Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers, Twentieth Anniversary edition, →ISBN, page 242

whistle-blower meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Malay and Indonesian

whistle-blower in Tamil

முறைகேட்டுச் சங்கூதுநர், இடித்துரைப்பவர், இடித்துரைப்பாளர், ஊதல் ஊதி, ஊதல் ஊதுபவர், பிகில் ஊதி

whistle-blower in Malayalam

അധികാരദുർവിനിയോഗത്തെ എതിർക്കുന്നയാൾ

whistle-blower in Malay

one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities
pemberi maklumat

whistle-blower in Indonesian

one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities
pelapor pelanggaran, pelapor
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whistle-blower in Vietnamese
người thổi còi, người tố cáo, người tố giác

Synonyms of whistle-blower

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Forms of whistle-blower

pluralwhistle-blowers
alternative formwhistleblower
alternative formwhistle blower

Origin of whistle-blower

From whistle + blower, referring to a police officer blowing their whistle on observing a violation of the law.

Questions about whistle-blower

What does whistle-blower mean?
Whistle-blower means one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities; especially, an employee or former employee who reports a violation by an employer.
What is whistle-blower in Tamil?
Whistle-blower in Tamil is முறைகேட்டுச் சங்கூதுநர், இடித்துரைப்பவர், இடித்துரைப்பாளர். See Whistle-blower meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is whistle-blower?
Whistle-blower is a noun.
How do you pronounce whistle-blower?
Whistle-blower is pronounced /ˈwɪs(ə)lbləwə/ (British).
What is the plural of whistle-blower?
The plural of whistle-blower is whistle-blowers.

Words near whistle-blower in the dictionary

  1. whistle walk
  2. whistle walks
  3. whistle-belly vengeance
  4. whistle-blew
  5. whistle-blow
  6. whistle-blower
  7. whistle-blowers
  8. whistle-blowing
  9. whistle-blowings
  10. whistle-blown
  11. whistle-blows

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whistle-blower (page history and authors); whistle-blower (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); whistle-blower (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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