expose

/iks'pouz/
Noun
  1. the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
    • he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government
Verb
  1. abandon by leaving out in the open air
    • The infant was exposed by the teenage mother
    • After Christmas, many pets get abandoned
  2. expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
    • The physicist debunked the psychic's claims
  3. expose to light, of photographic film
  4. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
  5. disclose to view as by removing a cover
    • The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set
  6. remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
    • uncover your belly
    • The man exposed himself in the subway
  7. to show, make visible or apparent
    • The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month
    • Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?
    • National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship
  8. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
    • The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
    • The actress won't reveal how old she is
    • bring out the truth
    • he broke the news to her
    • unwrap the evidence in the murder case
  9. expose or make accessible to some action or influence
    • Expose your students to art
    • expose the blanket to sunshine

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A journalist writes an expose about corporate fraud.