Expose \Ex*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exposing}.] [F. exposer; pref. ex- (L. ex out)+poser to place. See {Pose}, v. t.] 1. To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.
Those who seek truth only, freely expose their principles to the test, and are pleased to have them examined. --Locke.
2. To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or defeat.
Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel. --Shak.
3. To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the like; as, to expose the faults of a neighbor.
You only expose the follies of men, without arraigning their vices. --Dryden.
4. To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat, liar, or hypocrite. ※ ||
The creation of a single European Community market for automobiles could expose Europe's auto industry to even stiffer competition and open France, Britain, Spain and Italy to a surge of imports from Japan.
They persuaded him to surreptitiously tape his future talks with board members to expose what was going on.
One can only try to expose them.
With criticism of the program already being expressed on Capitol Hill, a halt to the convoy operation would expose the Pentagon to charges that it rushed into the gulf region less than fully prepared.
By smoothing out local irregularities, they expose the underlying trends.
Who wanted to expose the realities of Polly Peck? Managers and shareholders and stockbrokers all wanted a high share price.
He said it was his intention to expose them.
The ZDF program showed empty Soviet stores, Russian women fighting over blocks of cheese, and an expose of the blackmarketeers who steal food, sometimes letting it rot if they can't sell it.
He said at the time that if the FDA were to take such action it would expose itself to undue risk of litigation.
Homosexuals said anger in the gay community over the Frank affair has spurred the debate over whether to expose homosexual politicians who fail to support gay rights.
Higher-income people giving substantial amounts of appreciated property are advised to check beforehand to see whether this will expose them to the alternative minimum tax.
"One way to deal with your opponents in this society," comments a prominent Soviet writer, "is to have them expose themselves."
"Putting sports betting into the hands of mom and pop operations would expose them to some not-too-friendly competitors," Christiansen said, referring to the bookies that dominate illegal gambling.
"Although women don't fill combat positions, the roles that they are serving in will expose them to hostile fire," said Meredith Neizer, head of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Service.
The fights allegedly were staged for Bergen's televised series, "Blood Sport," an expose of underground dog fighting that was broadcast during the May ratings "sweeps" period.
These are the individuals we must expose.
Poindexter and other officials feared the probes could endanger efforts to free U.S. hostages in the Mideast and expose links to weapons sales to Iran.
"We regret she had to lose her life that way," Foreign Secretary Raul Manglapus told reporters. "She was pursuing a vocation which required her to expose her life in extraordinary ways.
Some may wonder why parents would expose little children to its seamier side.
He warned that release of the documents from Ollie North's office could expose "people in very difficult situations to torture and death."
"We have the power and determination to confront the Hamans of this generation and to expose their deception, their double-talk, and to rid the world of their venom and ideology once and for all," Shamir said.
Through ingenious comparisons he is able to expose hideous holes in arguments and subject his opponents to sneers and embarrassment.
For if the reasoning above has any validity, it helps expose the real goals of nationalists and opponents of free trade, particularly in Canada.
Although bigotry is alive and well in America, covering it up via censorship would not expose this ignorant element of society.
By threatening to expose him, Glycera blackmails Sapho into rejecting Phaon and forces Phaon to take her with him into exile.
She points to an expose of a distinguished London trader who used his cane to playfully spank a nude model one-third his age.
After the Colombian government declared war on the country's cocaine barons in August, drug gangs declared "total war" on the journalists who had helped expose them.
Hilton Kramer, the editor, set out to expose the inauthentic political influence of the left in the arts, and other novel forms of trendiness, in and out of the academy.
It also may expose other protesters to RICO lawsuits for interfering with other businesses.
The Communist Party has readmitted Roy A. Medvedev, a historian whose expose of the bloody dictatorial rule of Josef Stalin prompted his expulsion 20 years ago, Tass said Friday.