Definitions
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- noun One about whom information is
leaked .
Etymologies
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Examples
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So then the leakee is a person like a journalist who, you know, is receiving the information.
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“The reporting that Dana [Priest, the leakee] did was very important accountability reporting about how the CIA and the rest of the U.S. government have been conducting the war on terror,” Downie said.
Eastern Europe 2009
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Rather than directly take a position in the market, a leaker or the favored leakee could sell the information to others.
Robert Auerbach: The GAO Must Perform a Diligent Independent Audit of the More Than $2 Trillion Issued By the Fed Robert Auerbach 2010
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One often feels considerable sympathy for the leaked-upon or leakee in "outing" incidents -- they are usually absent and cannot argue the moment.
After Life, Nothing? 2010
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Cant get 2 werds out wiffaut getting the leakee eyze – an itz bin moar than 4 yeers nao.
Office Cat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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November 11, 2008 at 5:44 am dis pishor maek bof mai eyes leakee. thankz 2 awl teh eberidai heroes adn awl teh veterans arond teh hole werld. ur werk adn sack-ri-phises iz beri mush a-pre-she-ated.
TO ALL OUR - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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DUHbya perceives quite a difference it seems between being the leaker and the leakee.
Think Progress » The NYT knew before the 2004 election. 2005
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Or in some way it not only goes out to the leaker, It goes out to the leakee and tries to bring criminal prosecutions of one sort or another as this administration unfortunately has talked about doing.
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And we now know that Karl Rove was both a leaker and a leakee, if you will.
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We broke -- we divided the world into two groups, the leaker and the leakee.
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