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MUCKRAKER Definition & Legal Meaning

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An entity intentionally seeking and publishing a public entity’s misdeeds, criminal acts, and corruption for profit or gain. Sometimes linked to powerful businessmen, muckraker is typically given specifically to journalists.

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