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muckrake

[ muhk-reyk ]

verb (used without object)

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


muckrake

/ ˈ³¾ÊŒ°ìËŒ°ù±ðɪ°ì /

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

  • ˈ³¾³Ü³¦°ìËŒ°ù²¹°ì±ð°ù, noun
  • ˈ³¾³Ü³¦°ìËŒ°ù²¹°ì¾±²Ô²µ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¾³Ü³¦°ì·°ù²¹°ì·±ð°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog 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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Wells muckraked the failings of the press, in other words.

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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.

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What 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?

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The report is the latest sign of the muckraking and personal mudslinging expected in the election.

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“For the past six years, the public has been reading and hearing a prosecution and muckraking narrative about this case that is simply fundamentally wrong,†Morrison wrote in an email.

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