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muckrake
[muhk-reyk]
verb (used without object)
to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
muckrake
/ ˈʌˌɪ /
noun
an agricultural rake for spreading manure
verb
(intr) to seek out and expose scandal, esp concerning public figures
Other Word Forms
- muckraker noun
- ˈܳˌ noun
- ˈܳˌ쾱Բ noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Woodward and Bernstein had just changed the world with their muckraking, and what was I doing with my brand-new degree in journalism?
Wells muckraked the failings of the press, in other words.
Ron Kaye, a longtime Los Angeles Daily News editor known for civically inspired muckraking and boosting the San Fernando Valley — including a failed bid for the Valley to secede from L.A. — has died.
if the American mainstream news media exercised even one-tenth of the scrutiny, rumor mongering and muckraking, personal and professional invective and score-settling towards Donald Trump that they directed at President Biden?
The report is the latest sign of the muckraking and personal mudslinging expected in the election.
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