"professional suicide" meaning in English

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      "examples": [
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          "ref": "2019 October 4, Joe Davidson, “Perspective | Federal whistleblowers would do it again, even after retaliation and ‘professional suicide’”, in Washington Post, retrieved 2021-01-15",
          "text": "“As a rule, whistleblowing is an act of professional suicide,” said Tom Devine, legal director of the Government Accountability Project that defends whistleblowers. The threat of retaliation “exponentially increases when Trump calls you a spy.”",
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      "glosses": [
        "An action by a person that is expected to ruin their own career."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) An action by a person that is expected to ruin their own career."
      ],
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          "word": "career-limiting behavior"
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        "idiomatic",
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  "word": "professional suicide"
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          "ref": "2019 October 4, Joe Davidson, “Perspective | Federal whistleblowers would do it again, even after retaliation and ‘professional suicide’”, in Washington Post, retrieved 2021-01-15",
          "text": "“As a rule, whistleblowing is an act of professional suicide,” said Tom Devine, legal director of the Government Accountability Project that defends whistleblowers. The threat of retaliation “exponentially increases when Trump calls you a spy.”",
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      "glosses": [
        "An action by a person that is expected to ruin their own career."
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        "(idiomatic) An action by a person that is expected to ruin their own career."
      ],
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      "word": "career-limiting behavior"
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  "word": "professional suicide"
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