EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR MUCKRAKE
Of Walt Whitman it is: "The dirty, clumsy paws of a harper whose plectrum is a muckrake."
The journalist might well exchange the muckrake for the pick and dig it out.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR MUCKRAKE
slanders
verbmake a scandalous remark- asperse
- assail
- attack
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belie
- belittle
- besmirch
- blacken name
- blaspheme
- blister
- blot
- calumniate
- cast a slur on
- curse
- damage
- decry
- defame
- defile
- denigrate
- depreciate
- derogate
- detract
- dishonor
- disparage
- give a bad name
- hit
- hurt
- injure
- libel
- malign
- muckrake
- pan
- plaster
- revile
- roast
- run smear campaign
- scandalize
- scorch
- slam
- sling mud
- slur
- smear
- smirch
- sneer
- strumpet
- sully
- tarnish
- tear down
- traduce
- vilify
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