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Known and not secret

open kimono

adjective

if a meeting, discussion, or way of doing business is open kimono, everyone shares all the information they have with everyone else

known

adjective

used for describing something that people know about or have discovered

overt

adjective

not hidden or secret

transparent

adjective

a transparent process, activity, or organization does not try to keep anything secret

open

adjective

not hidden or secret

in the public domain

if something such as information is in the public domain, people in general know about it because it is not secret

unwritten

adjective

known or understood by everyone but not written down or official

unclassified

adjective

unclassified information is available to everyone and is not secret

public

adjective

used about things that most people know about because they are not private or secret

out

adverb, preposition

if information is out, it becomes publicly known

caxirola

a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken

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glean

to learn small pieces of information by asking questions or watching or listening carefully

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pierce the corporate veil

… the decision to treat the rights and duties of a company as being the same as the rights and duties of its shareholders

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