Meanings
plural professional suicides
- countableidiomaticuncountableAn action by a person that is expected to ruin their own career.
“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.”
2019 October 4, Joe Davidson, “Perspective | Federal whistleblowers would do it again, even after retaliation and ‘professional suicide’”, in Washington Post, retrieved 15 Jan 2021Synonyms: career-limiting behavior
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn action by a person that is expected to ruin their own career.
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