compromising

compromising
[[t]kɒ̱mprəmaɪzɪŋ[/t]]
ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n
If you describe information or a situation as compromising, you mean that it reveals an embarrassing or guilty secret about someone.

How had this compromising picture come into the possession of the press?


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