Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Muckrake"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
muckrake \muck"rake`\, in the above sense, and the noun
muckraker \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. Mucoid \Mu"coid\, n. [Mucin
+ -oid.] (Physiol. Chem.)
One of a class of mucinlike substances yielding on
decomposition a reducing carbohydrate together with some form
of proteid matter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Muckrake \Muck"rake`\, v. i. [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
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
muckrake
v : explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public
figures; "This reporter was well-known for his
muckraking"
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