Meaning

1 senses

  1. To search for and expose corruption or scandal, especially as a form of investigative journalism.

More definitions
  • explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Most billionaires hate muckraking journalists.

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Origin

From muck + rake.

From muck + rake.

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Forms

muckrakes, muckraking, muckraked, muckraked
Base formmuckrake · to muckrake
3rd person singularmuckrakes
Present participlemuckraking
Past simplemuckraked
Past participlemuckraked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymuckrake
he, she, itmuckrakes

Past simpleLesson

all personsmuckraked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave muckraked
he, she, ithas muckraked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill muckrake

Word family

2 related words
Relatedmuckrakermuckraking

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
muchA1muckmucousmucusmudB1
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