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MUCKRAKE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they muckrake ... he / she / it muckrakes
Past simple: muckraked
Past participle: muckraked
-ing form: muckraking
Sense 1
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:
Something ----s
Derivation:
muckraker (one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage))
muckraking (the exposure of scandal (especially about public figures))
