muck-raking

(informal)

the activity of trying to discover unpleasant information about people so that you can tell the public These reports are nothing but muck-raking - journalists should not be allowed to investigate ministers' private business dealings.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aleksandro	ah-lek-SAHN-dro	Esperanto
Machteld	-	Dutch
Atanas	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian
Gerd (2)	YERD (Swedish), GERD (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Norse Mythology
JaniČKa	-	Czech
Mccollum	[mə'kɔləm]