An exposure. Pitt used the French exposé in 1803, N.E.D. But this was invented independently.
1818. The expose of the situation of the interior [of the French empire] exceeds the style of modern romance.—Mass. Spy, May 14.
1830. “Chilton’s Expose.” Heading of an article on the shortcomings of the Jackson Administration.—Mass. Spy, May 12.
1839. I would here recount a few evidences to illustrate the positions above glanced at, but that would at once be too burthensome for a fleeting notice like this, as well as too great an entrenchment upon the proper subjects of the future expose.—Robert Mayo, ‘Political Sketches,’ p. 55 (Baltimore).
1841. And how was this honest expose met? Why, the Federal candidate positively refused to present any “expression of principle for the public eye.”—Mr. Duncan of Ohio in the House of Repr., Jan. 25: Cong. Globe, p. 152, App.
