Search for crossword answers and clues
One who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)
Answer for the clue "One who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage) ", 9 letters:
muckraker
Alternative clues for the word muckraker
Word definitions for muckraker in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
muckraker \muck"rak`er\, n. A person who habitually muckrakes.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context US English) 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. 2 (context British English) A sensationalist, scandal-mongering ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The term muckraker was used in the Progressive Era to characterize reform-minded American journalists who wrote largely for all popular magazines. The modern term is investigative journalism , and investigative journalists today are often informally called ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, "one who rakes muck," from muck (n.) + agent noun from rake (v.). Meaning "one who inquires into and publishes scandal and allegations of corruption among political and business leaders," popularized 1906 in speech by President Theodore Roosevelt, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage) [syn: mudslinger ]
Usage examples of muckraker.
Jack Summer the interplanetary muckraker and ace investigative reporter?
For three years on that most sensational of the New York dailies he had been the star man, the chief muckraker, the chief sleuth.
Heddy wrote like a dedicated muckraker but she knew every loophole in the book.
If he was being staked out by a muckraker, the young preacher would never know until he saw the proof on the evening news or read it on the front pages of the supermarket rags.
Jack Anderson and James Boyd, Confessions of a Muckraker, New York: Random House, 1979, p.
Before the arrival of this paragon, however, Molly was surprised to see herself come nervously but determindedly into the Muckrakers Club inquiring for her daughter.
The muckrakers, like Steffens and Tarbell, were investigative reporters.