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whistle-blow en · VERB

Etymology

Back-formation from whistleblowing or whistleblower, equivalent to whistle + blow.

Meanings

1. (rare) To blow the whistle (on); to report (as a whistleblower).
   • It was at this point that 46 (77%) of the participants whistleblew (in writing) on the cheating confederate. 2002, Kipling D. Williams, Ostracism: The Power of Silence, →ISBN, page 201:
   • Students who had whistle-blown in the past provided fewer reasons not to whistle-blow than other students. 2012, Cynthia Jeffrey, Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics, →ISBN, page 215:

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