muckraker (English, noun)
expansion: muckraker (plural muckrakers)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
tags: US
glosses: One of a group of American investigative reporters, novelists and critics of the Progressive Era (the 1890s to the 1920s).
tags: US
historical
glosses: A sensationalist, scandalmongering journalist, one who is not driven by any social principles.
tags: British
derogatory
Forms:
form: muckrakers
tags: plural
form: muck-raker
tags: alternative
form: muck raker
tags: alternative