- muckraking
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[muckraking 词源字典] - "The action of searching out and publicizing scandal about famous people", Coined by President Theodore Roosevelt in a speech (1906) alluding to Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and the man with the muck rake.[muckraking etymology, muckraking origin, 英语词源]