WikiLeaked

or Wik·i·leaked, wik·i·leaked

[ wik-ee-leekt ]

adjective

1. pertaining to or noting private or classified information or documents that are anonymously disclosed, especially when published on a website:

   WikiLeaked diplomatic cables.

Other Words From

• Wiki·Leakable wiki·leakable adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of WikiLeaked¹

2007; from WikiLeaks , an organization and website that publishes submissions of secret documents; wiki, leak ( def 5 ) + -ed ³( def )

Example Sentences

The closest parallel to the situation may be Carlos Pascual, the former U.S. ambassador to Mexico who resigned rather than being formally expelled in 2011 after comments he made in a WikiLeaked cable about the Mexican government’s anti-drug efforts prompted then President Felipe Calderon to publicly criticize him.

From Slate

Something is not right when the grieving parents of murdered Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich are forced to suffer the further injury of seeing their son’s death hijacked for political purpose, baselessly linked to WikiLeaked DNC emails.

From Washington Post

Pizzagate ultimately began when someone noticed an out-of-place reference to pizza in one of former Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta’s WikiLeaked emails.

From Salon

The fake news echo chamber pegged Comet as a front for a child sex-trafficking operation after it showed up in Hillary Clinton campaign manager John Podesta’s WikiLeaked emails.

From Salon

A few weeks, an FBI letter and tens of thousands of WikiLeaked emails later, Bannon is poised to be Trump’s chief strategist and senior counselor.

From Washington Post