muckraking (redirected from muckrakes)

muck·rake  (mkrk)

intr.v. muck·raked, muck·rak·ing, muck·rakes

To search for and expose misconduct in public life.

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[From the man with the muckrake, tool for raking muck, who cannot look up to heaven because he is so obsessed with the muck of worldly profit, in Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan.]

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muckraker n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

muckraking - the exposure of scandal (especially about public figures) exposure - the disclosure of something secret; "they feared exposure of their campaign plans"

Translations

muckraking [ˈmʌkˌreɪkɪŋ] N (pej) (= digging up the past) → revelación f de trapos sucios; (in journalism) → amarillismo m, sensacionalismo m

muckraking [ˈmʌkˌreɪkɪŋ] (fig) (fam)

1. n → scandalismo

2. adj → scandalistico/a

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muckraking [ˈmʌkˌreɪkɪŋ] (fig) (fam)

1. n → scandalismo

2. adj → scandalistico/a