Thesaurus results for MUCKRAKER

muckraker

noun

as in journalist

someone who tries to reveal information about prominent individuals behaving badly The newspaper used a team of seasoned muckrakers to expose the corruption at city hall.

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Recent Examples of muckraker One spring day, Tan’s critical gaze landed on the work of freelance journalist Gil Duran, a tech-industry muckraker with a background in Democratic politics who was starting to take very seriously the right-wing political ambitions of San Francisco tech moguls. —

Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025

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Romano points out that, when Lincoln emerged as a dark horse in the 1860 Presidential race, journalists covering the election sometimes found Mary more impressive than her spouse.

— Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
After 28 years at FOX News Channel, Cavuto, a business journalist at the network, decided to leave.

— Joyann Jeffrey, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026