muck-raking

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• muck-raking — muckˈ raking noun • • • Main Entry: ↑muck …   Useful english dictionary

• muck-raking — also muckraking N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you accuse someone of muck raking, you are criticizing them for finding and spreading unpleasant or embarrassing information about someone, especially a public figure. The Prime Minister accused… …   English dictionary

• muck-raking — informal the activity of trying to discover unpleasant information about people so that you can tell the public. These reports are nothing but muck raking journalists should not be allowed to investigate ministers private business dealings …   New idioms dictionary

• -raking — muckrake muck rake , v. i. [imp. & p. p. { raked}; p. pr. & vb. n. { raking}.] To seek for, expose, or charge, especially habitually, corruption, real or alleged, on the part of public men and corporations. Note: On April 14, 1906, President… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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