Muckraking

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  muckraking
       n : the exposure of scandal (especially about public figures)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "muckraking":


     attack, blackening, character assassination, defamation,
     defamation of character, defilement, denigration, dirty politics,
     last-minute lie, malicious defamation, mudslinging,
     mudslinging campaign, name-calling, political canard, revilement,
     roorback, smear, smear campaign, smear word, vilification,
     whispering campaign