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Synonyms for muckraker

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    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.

Related words

Is a kind of
shitmonger shit-stirrer

Forms

Plural
muckrakers → detractors, mudslingers, raiders…

Example sentences

  • raider The corporate raider had a history of running companies into the ground.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
muckrakersteady
raiderrising
detractorrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
raider2
9 letters
detractor3
10 letters
mudslinger

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (raider2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
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