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muckrake

[ muhk-reyk ]

/ ˈmʌkˌreɪk /

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verb (used without object), muck·raked, muck·rak·ing.

to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.

Origin of muckrake

1675–85; obsolete muck rake a rake for use on muck or dung. See muck, rake¹

OTHER WORDS FROM muckrake

muck·rak·er, noun

Words nearby muckrake

mucker, mucking, muckland, muckle, muckluck, muckrake, muckrakers, mucksweat, muckworm, mucky, muckymuck

Example sentences from the Web for muckraking

Social critic, scientist, muckraking journalist, Barbara Ehrenreich has never been one to take things on faith.

Barbara Ehrenreich Gives God a Going Over in Her New Book |Nick Romeo |April 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Like America at the turn of the century, a thrusting India today is a gold mine for a muckraking journalist.

India's Muckraker-in-Chief |Nisid Hajari |January 29, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The life of a muckraking gossip columnist is buckets of fun.

Manhattan's Diva of Dirt |Matthew Hays |February 18, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
The popular printed magazines in America had their heydey in the muckraking period about ten years ago.

The Photoplay |Hugo Mnsterberg

I don't believe young Mr. Surtaine will have enough money left to indulge in the luxury of muckraking, after that.

The Clarion |Samuel Hopkins Adams
One, however, was sent to the Eastern magazine which had dispatched our muckraking hero to the Golden Gate.

The Native Son |Inez Haynes Irwin
The time had come, he added, to stop "muckraking" and proceed to the constructive work of removing the abuses that had grown up.

History of the United States |Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard
I wish I'd had all the facts about who this red-haired female Machiavelli was—what a piece of muckraking it would have made!

The Silent Bullet |Arthur B. Reeve

British Dictionary definitions for muckraking

muckrake

/ (ˈmʌkˌreɪk) /

noun

an agricultural rake for spreading manure

verb

(intr) to seek out and expose scandal, esp concerning public figures

Derived forms of muckrake

muckraker, noun muckraking, noun