Breached walls and contracts vs. leaked records.
Which meaning of Breach is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Breach (break or legal) came first (the 1300s). Data breach arrived in the 2000s. The data below shows which one owns the word now.
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Breach (break or legal)Data breach
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The case for each meaning
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Original · the 1300s
Breach (break or legal)
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Duplicate · the 2000s
Data breach
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