WikiLeaked

American  

[wik-ee-leekt] / ˈwɪk iˌlikt /

Or Wikileaked,

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.

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Other Word Forms

• WikiLeakable adjective
• wikileakable adjective

Etymology

Origin of WikiLeaked

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

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

DNC Communications Director Luis Miranda complained that the Clinton campaign has requested that they not tie Trump to down-ballot Republicans, according to a Wikileaked email attributed to him and dated May 16.

From Salon

Ambassador to Mexico who was forced to resign last year after Calderón blew a fuse about WikiLeaked diplomatic cables that show Pascual casting doubts on the Mexican military’s reliability in the drug war.

From Time