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Muckraked vs Muckraker - What's the difference?

muckraked | muckraker |

As a verb muckraked

is (muckrake).

As a noun muckraker is

(us) one who investigates and exposes issues of corruption that often violate widely held values; eg one who exposes political corruption or the poor conditions in prisons.

muckraked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (muckrake)

    • muckrake

    English

    Verb

  • to search for and expose corruption or scandal especially as done by a journalist.

    • muckraker

    English

    Noun

    (s)
  • (US) 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.
  • (British) A sensationalist, scandal-mongering journalist, one who is not driven by any social principles.
  • (US, historical) One of a group of American investigative reporters, novelists and critics of the (the 1890s to the 1920s)

    • Derived terms

    * muckraking