What is "risk of exposure"

Usage examples of "risk of exposure".

There was a tacit conspiracy of silence in the temple about the hand, and when there was any risk of exposure, a priestess would step in to alleviate it.

He'd initiated the research effort in the knowledge that he'd get all or most of this information, but even so, here was in a single day more information than ten people in the field could have gathered--at considerable risk of exposure--in a week.

Cortez said they preferred using legal methods to resolve disputes, thereby minimizing the risk of exposure.

That raised anew the questions that had plagued him since Wednesday night: Who was Spencer Grant, what in the hell did the bastard have to do with the woman, what sort of wild card was he, was he likely to screw up their operations, and would he put them all at risk of exposure?

Technically, Bowman had the authority to kill them any time if he thought there was a risk of exposure, but as he had a bit of leeway on it, it was worth giving the boss his say.