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Word: muckraker (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • British A sensationalist, scandal-mongering journalist, one who is not driven by any social principles.
  • US|historical One of a group of American Progressive Era (the 1890s to the 1920s)
  • US 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.

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