| Muckrake (muckrake) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Muck"rack` |
| imp. => p. p. -raked (?), p. pr. => vb. n. -raking (?). |
To seek for, expose, or charge, esp.
habitually, corruption, real or alleged, on the part of public men and
corporations. On April 14, 1906, President Roosevelt delivered a
speech on "The Man with the Muck Rake," in which he deprecated
sweeping and unjust charges of corruption against public men and
corporations. The phrase was taken up by the press, and the verb to
(muck"rake`), in the above sense, and the noun
(muck"rak`er) (&?]), to designate one so engaged, were speedily
coined and obtained wide currency. The original allusion was to a
character in Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" so intent on raking up muck
that he could not see a celestial crown held above him.
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