What Does This Mean?
In internet usage, 晒す (sarasu, literally "to expose to view") means to publish someone's personal information or secrets online, usually without consent. It is the verb behind the noun 晒し, with passive 晒された ("got exposed"). The word also has ordinary senses such as exposing something to sun or wind; this entry is the internet sense. The practice is widely treated as a privacy violation.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
""Posting a stranger's address online is called 晒す, and it can lead to legal trouble.""
LORE & ORIGIN
晒す is an everyday verb meaning to expose something to view, weather or danger. The Digital Daijisen entry, as shown on Weblio, records the internet sense of posting another person's private details, such as an email address, without permission, and another dictionary adds exposing secrets or misconduct online. No dated first use is documented. The noun 晒し is already a separate entry; this entry is the verb form and its conjugations, and the related 特定班 names crowds that identify people from clues. The word is descriptive, not an endorsement of the practice.
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