MUCKRAKE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they muckrake ... he / she / it muckrakes

Past simple: muckraked

Past participle: muckraked

-ing form: muckraking

Meaning:

Explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures

Example:

This reporter was well-known for his muckraking

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "muckrake" is one way to...):

break; bring out; disclose; discover; divulge; expose; give away; let on; let out; reveal; uncover; unwrap (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret)

Sentence frame:

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Derivation:

muckraker (one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage))

muckraking (the exposure of scandal (especially about public figures))