exposé

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
exposé /ɪkˈspəʊzeɪ, ɛk-/

▶noun a report in the media that reveals something discreditable.

– origin C19: from Fr., past part. of exposer (see expose).

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
expose/ɪkˈspəʊz/

▶verb

• 1 make (something) visible by uncovering it.

  ■ (expose oneself) publicly and indecently display one's genitals.

• 2 (often expose someone to) subject to possible harm or risk.

  ■ leave (a child) in the open to die.

• 3 (expose someone to) introduce someone to (a subject).

• 4 reveal the true, objectionable nature of.

• 5 (as adj. exposed) unprotected from the weather.

• 6 subject (photographic film) to light.

– derivatives
exposer noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. exposer, from L. exponere (see expound), but influenced by L. expositus ‘put or set out’ and OFr. poser ‘to place’.