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Definition of Muckrake
1. Verb. Explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures. "This reporter was well-known for his muckraking"
Derivative terms: Muckraker, Muckraking
Definition of Muckrake
1. v. i. To seek for, expose, or charge, esp. habitually, corruption, real or alleged, on the part of public men and corporations. On April 14, 1906, President Roosevelt delivered a speech on "The Man with the Muck Rake," in which he deprecated sweeping and unjust charges of corruption against public men and corporations. The phrase was taken up by the press, and the verb to
Definition of Muckrake
1. Verb. to search for and expose corruption or scandal especially as done by a journalist. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Muckrake
1. to search for and expose corruption [v -RAKED, -RAKING, -RAKES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muckrake
Literary usage of Muckrake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On English Poetry: Being an Irregular Approach to the Psychology of this Art by Robert Graves (1922)
"... XXXVII THE EDITOR WITH THE muckrake ORDINARY readers may deplore the habit of
raking up the trivial and bad verse of good poets now long dead, ..."
2. The Christ that is to be by Lily Dougall (1907)
"CHAPTER IV THE SWORD AND THE muckrake IN the matter of international war the
question is not to be solved in the present state of affairs. ..."
3. On English Poetry: Being an Irregular Approach to the Psychology of this Art by Robert Graves (1922)
"... XXXVII THE EDITOR WITH THE muckrake ORDINARY readers may deplore the habit of
raking up the trivial and bad verse of good poets now long dead, ..."
4. The Christ that is to be by Lily Dougall (1907)
"CHAPTER IV THE SWORD AND THE muckrake IN the matter of international war the
question is not to be solved in the present state of affairs. ..."
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