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Definition of Muckraker

1. Noun. One who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage).

Definition of Muckraker

1. Noun. (American English) One who investigates and exposes issues of corruption that often violate widely held values; e.g. one who exposes political corruption or the poor conditions in prisons. ¹

2. Noun. (British) A sensationalist, scandal-mongering journalist, one who is not driven by any social principles. ¹

3. Noun. (US historical) One of a group of American investigative reporters, novelists and critics of the Progressive Era (the 1890s to the 1920s) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Muckraker

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Muckraker

Literary usage of Muckraker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. At the New Theatre and Others: The American Stage: Its Problems and by Walter Prichard Eaton (1910)
"... MISS NETHERSOLE AS muckraker SAVOY, April 26, 1909 Miss Olga Nethersole has emerged at the Savoy Theatre in New York in what the programme somewhat ..."

2. Addresses, Discussions, Etc. by Rome Green Brown (1917)
"Much, however, as we condemn the muckraker who extends his poisoning influence from the speaker's platform, the most vicious element in public life today is ..."

3. Financial Investigations: A Financial Approach to Detecting and Resolving Crimesby Don Vogel by Don Vogel (1999)
"During your undercover activities at the University of muckraker, ... Dice is a season ticket holder for University of muckraker basketball games. ..."

4. The Principles of Sociology by Edward Alsworth Ross (1920)
"It is instructive to follow the rise and downfall of the professional muckraker. At first the exposure of the misdeeds of the high and powerful in the ..."

5. The Magnate Or the People by John Martin Johnson (1913)
"The magnate's muckraker insists upon a different story,—a story of ... The muckraker tells a story of foresight, which backed by the brute force of the ..."

6. At the New Theatre and Others: The American Stage: Its Problems and by Walter Prichard Eaton (1910)
"... MISS NETHERSOLE AS muckraker SAVOY, April 26, 1909 Miss Olga Nethersole has emerged at the Savoy Theatre in New York in what the programme somewhat ..."

7. Addresses, Discussions, Etc. by Rome Green Brown (1917)
"Much, however, as we condemn the muckraker who extends his poisoning influence from the speaker's platform, the most vicious element in public life today is ..."

8. Financial Investigations: A Financial Approach to Detecting and Resolving Crimesby Don Vogel by Don Vogel (1999)
"During your undercover activities at the University of muckraker, ... Dice is a season ticket holder for University of muckraker basketball games. ..."

9. The Principles of Sociology by Edward Alsworth Ross (1920)
"It is instructive to follow the rise and downfall of the professional muckraker. At first the exposure of the misdeeds of the high and powerful in the ..."

10. The Magnate Or the People by John Martin Johnson (1913)
"The magnate's muckraker insists upon a different story,—a story of ... The muckraker tells a story of foresight, which backed by the brute force of the ..."

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