"whistle-blow" meaning in English

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