muckraking
noun [U] /ˈmʌkˌreɪ.kɪŋ/ disapprovingDefinition
› the activity, especially by newspapers and reporters, of trying to find out unpleasant information about people or organizations in order to make it public: There was so much muckraking about his family life that he decided not to stand for election.The press and news reporting muckraker /-kər/
/-kɚ/ noun [C]
/-kɚ/ noun [C] (Definition of muckraking noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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