muckraker

[ muhk-reyk-er ]
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noun
  1. a person who searches for and tries to expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or other wrongdoing, especially in politics:The original muckrakers were the journalists who exposed child labor, sweatshops, poor living and working conditions, and government inefficiency in the early 20th century.

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How to use muckraker in a sentence

  • It was a relief not to be accepted only as Everett the muckraker, as a professional reformer, as one holier than others.

    Once Upon A Time | Richard Harding Davis
  • For three years on that most sensational of the New York dailies he had been the star man, the chief muckraker, the chief sleuth.

    Once Upon A Time | Richard Harding Davis
  • She discoursed long and accurately on the personal New York affairs of the returned muckraker.

    The Native Son | Inez Haynes Irwin
  • A loyal Adopted Son of California, a novelist and muckraker, returned a few years ago to the beloved land of his adoption.

    The Native Son | Inez Haynes Irwin
  • What a drop for Joe, from what he had been, to this wretched violent little sheet, this muckraker of the ocean world.

    The Harbor | Ernest Poole