muck·rak·ing /ˈmʌk-reɪkɪŋ/ noun [uncountableU] TCNAMTthe practice of telling or writing unpleasant and perhaps untrue stories about people’s private lives, especially famous people 收集和披露〔尤指名人的〕隐私[丑闻] Two of the candidates complained of unfair muckraking during the election campaign. 候选人中有两位抱怨此次选举活动中有揭人隐私的不公平做法。
—muckraking adjectiveadj
—muckraker noun [countableC]