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muckrake
muck·rake M0462300 (mŭk′rāk′)intr.v. muck·raked, muck·rak·ing, muck·rakes To search for and expose misconduct in public life.
[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.]
muck′rak′er n.muckrake (ˈmʌkˌreɪk) n (Agriculture) an agricultural rake for spreading manurevb (intr) to seek out and expose scandal, esp concerning public figures. Also called: muckspread ˈmuckˌraker n ˈmuckˌraking nmuck•rake (ˈmʌkˌreɪk)
v.i. -raked, -rak•ing. to search for and expose corruption, scandal, or the like, esp. in politics. (Amer.; popularized by T. Roosevelt in 1906, in a speech alluding to the Man with the Muckrake in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress] muck′rak`er, n. muckrake
Past participle: muckraked
Gerund: muckraking
| Imperative |
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| muckrake | | muckrake |
| Present |
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| I muckrake | | you muckrake | | he/she/it muckrakes | | we muckrake | | you muckrake | | they muckrake |
| Preterite |
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| I muckraked | | you muckraked | | he/she/it muckraked | | we muckraked | | you muckraked | | they muckraked |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am muckraking | | you are muckraking | | he/she/it is muckraking | | we are muckraking | | you are muckraking | | they are muckraking |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have muckraked | | you have muckraked | | he/she/it has muckraked | | we have muckraked | | you have muckraked | | they have muckraked |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was muckraking | | you were muckraking | | he/she/it was muckraking | | we were muckraking | | you were muckraking | | they were muckraking |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had muckraked | | you had muckraked | | he/she/it had muckraked | | we had muckraked | | you had muckraked | | they had muckraked |
| Future |
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| I will muckrake | | you will muckrake | | he/she/it will muckrake | | we will muckrake | | you will muckrake | | they will muckrake |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have muckraked | | you will have muckraked | | he/she/it will have muckraked | | we will have muckraked | | you will have muckraked | | they will have muckraked |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be muckraking | | you will be muckraking | | he/she/it will be muckraking | | we will be muckraking | | you will be muckraking | | they will be muckraking |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been muckraking | | you have been muckraking | | he/she/it has been muckraking | | we have been muckraking | | you have been muckraking | | they have been muckraking |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been muckraking | | you will have been muckraking | | he/she/it will have been muckraking | | we will have been muckraking | | you will have been muckraking | | they will have been muckraking |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been muckraking | | you had been muckraking | | he/she/it had been muckraking | | we had been muckraking | | you had been muckraking | | they had been muckraking |
| Conditional |
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| I would muckrake | | you would muckrake | | he/she/it would muckrake | | we would muckrake | | you would muckrake | | they would muckrake |
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| I would have muckraked | | you would have muckraked | | he/she/it would have muckraked | | we would have muckraked | | you would have muckraked | | they would have muckraked |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | muckrake - explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures; "This reporter was well-known for his muckraking"disclose, let on, divulge, expose, give away, let out, reveal, unwrap, discover, bring out, break - make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" |
TranslationsFinancialSeeMuckrakermuckrake
Words related to muckrakeverb explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figuresRelated Words- disclose
- let on
- divulge
- expose
- give away
- let out
- reveal
- unwrap
- discover
- bring out
- break
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