The phrase "aim to embarrass" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an intention or goal to cause someone to feel embarrassed or humiliated.
Example: "The comedian's jokes often aim to embarrass the audience, but they are all in good fun."
Alternatives: "intend to humiliate" or "seek to shame".
The show aims to embarrass them into changing their ways, but there's a point of no return for redemption, and these people are way beyond it.
Both efforts got a brief burst of publicity on Tuesday when Mr. Kucinich brought his bill to impeach Mr. Cheney to the House floor and, with the surprise help of Republicans aiming to embarrass Democratic Congressional leaders, nearly succeeded in securing an hour of debate.
No: their only aim is to embarrass each other, as much and as creatively as possible.
"Our aim is not to embarrass individuals," the authors declared in their introduction, "but to stimulate thought — and, we hope, action".
The aim is not to embarrass anyone.
But the leaks continue.Anil's aim appears to be to embarrass Mukesh to the point where he agrees to split the business empire on favourable terms.
The aim as always was to embarrass and discredit her not because of her alleged missteps as Secretary of State, but as a 2016 presidential candidate.
But e-mails from Mr Reyes's computer, seen by The Economist, show that their real aim was to use them to embarrass Mr Uribe politically and to gain international recognition.They wanted the president to "demilitarise" a swathe of territory to allow talks.
He had condemned the recent raising (to $2.5m) of the reward offered by a religious foundation for the murder of Mr Rushdie; its aim, he had said, was to embarrass the moderates before Iran's presidential election, which is due to take place on May 23rd.
Garcia said the aim of transparency is not "to embarrass certain individuals" or "harm the organization", but rather the opposite.
