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muckrake

[ muhk-reyk ]

verb (used without object)

, muck·raked, muck·rak·ing.
  1. to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.


muckrake

/ ˈmʌkˌreɪk /

noun

  1. an agricultural rake for spreading manure
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. intr to seek out and expose scandal, esp concerning public figures
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈmuckˌraker, noun
  • ˈmuckˌraking, noun
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Other Words From

  • muck·rak·er noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of muckrake1

First recorded in 1675–85; obsolete muck rake “a rake for piling up muck or dung.” The modern sense was first recorded in 1850–55. See muck, rake 1
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Example Sentences

He carried the torch of muckraking journalism during an era when most reporters simply published what politicians said, without questioning or challenging them.

Of Walt Whitman it is: "The dirty, clumsy paws of a harper whose plectrum is a muckrake."

The journalist might well exchange the muckrake for the pick and dig it out.

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