I. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of muckrake (I)
: marked by preoccupation with or inclination toward muckraking
had grown famous for its muckraking articles — Ben Riker
the muckraking magazines and those novelists with similar reformist zeal — W.V.O'Connor
muckraking journalism
a muckraking political campaign
II. noun
Etymology: from gerund of muckrake (I)
: the action or practice of one that muckrakes
muckraking and other sad substitutes for an intelligent policy