expose

expose
ex·pose vt ex·posed, ex·pos·ing
1: to subject to risk from a harmful action or condition: as
a: to make (one) open to liability or financial loss
b: to leave (a child) uncared-for and lacking shelter from the elements
2: to cause to be visible or open to view: as
a: to offer publicly for sale
all of which I shall expose for sale at public auctionDetroit Law Journal
b: 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. . 1996.

expose
I (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 II (incriminate) verb abase, accuse, betray, brand, denounce, dishonor, endanger, hazard, impeach, imperil, implicate, impugn, inform, jeopardize, refute, stigmatize III index accuse, admit (concede), bare, bear (adduce), betray (disclose), clarify IV index confess, contemn, convey (communicate), debunk, denigrate, denude V index detect, disabuse, disclose VI index 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. . 2006

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