muckrake

n. 揭发丑闻
vi. 探听丑闻, 揭发丑闻
【法】 揭发贪污腐化

名词:muckraker 动词过去式:muckraked 过去分词:muckraked 现在分词:muckraking 第三人称单数:muckrakes 

muck.rake

v.intr.（不及物动词）
muck.raked,muck.rak.ing,muck.rakes
To search for and expose misconduct in public life.
揭丑，揭发：搜集并揭发社会生活中的丑闻

来源：
[From the man with the muckrake, who cannot look up to heaven because he is so obsessed with the muck of worldly profit, in] Pilgrim`s Progress by John Bunyan
[来自于有丑闻的人不能够指望天堂因为他太看重于世俗名利，见于约翰·班扬的] 天路历程 by John Bunyan

【引伸】
muck.rak.er
n.（名词）