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Synonyms of muckraker
someone who tries to find embarrassing or shocking information about prominent individuals
- The muckraker practically camped out in front of the family's estate in the hopes of discovering some dirt about them.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for muckraker
- correspondent,
- intelligencer,
- journalist,
- newshound,
- newsman,
- newsperson,
- pressman
- [British],
- reporter
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“Muckraker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muckraker. Accessed 27 Jul. 2021.
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