expose

nouns

the exposure of an impostor or a fraud

"he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"

expose, unmasking

verbs

expose or make accessible to some action or influence

"Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine"

expose

is derived from

exposure

is derived from

exposure

is a type of (narrower)

cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to

"He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation"

subject

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"

break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap

is derived from

exposure

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"

display, exhibit, expose

is derived from

exposure

remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body

"uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway"

expose, uncover

disclose to view as by removing a cover

"The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set"

disclose, expose

is derived from

exposure

put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position