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ex·pose vt ex·posed, ex·pos·ing1: to subject to risk from a harmful action or condition: asa: to make (one) open to liability or financial lossb: to leave (a child) uncared-for and lacking shelter from the elements2: to cause to be visible or open to view: asa: to offer publicly for saleall of which I shall expose for sale at public auction — Detroit Law Journalb: to purposely uncover (one's private body parts) or leave open to view in a place or situation in which such conduct is likely to be deemed offensive or indecent esp. as set forth by statute see also indecent exposure
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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(disclose) verb
abandon, advertise, air, bare, bring into the open, bring to light, cast out, coarguere, defame, denounce, denude, deprive of protection, descry, detect, detegere, dig up, disclose, discover, display, divest, divulge, emerge, endanger, evince, exhibit, exponere, feature, find, give away, hazard, hold up to public ridicule, hunt down, imperil, indicate, inform on, issue, jeopardize, lay bare, lay open, lay open to harm, locate, make liable, make visible, manifest, muckrake, open to view, present, produce, publish, put in a conspicuous place, put in danger, put in peril, put in view, report, reveal, risk, shame, show, show off, smoke out, strip, strip of disguise, subject, turn out, uncloak, unconceal, uncover, undrape, undress, unearth, unfold, unmask, unsheathe, unveil, unwrap, vent
associated concepts: expose to disease, expose to harm, expose to obloquy, expose to ridicule, expose to the elements
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(incriminate) verb
abase, accuse, betray, brand, denounce, dishonor, endanger, hazard, impeach, imperil, implicate, impugn, inform, jeopardize, refute, stigmatize
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accuse, admit (concede), bare, bear (adduce), betray (disclose), clarify
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confess, contemn, convey (communicate), debunk, denigrate, denude
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detect, disabuse, disclose
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discover, dishonor (deprive of honor), disinter, divulge, emerge, endanger, evidence, exhibit, find (discover), impeach, implicate, incriminate, inform (betray), issue (publish), locate, manifest, manifestation, pillory, produce (offer to view), publish, report (disclose), reveal, subject, unveil
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
