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
Lanre	-	Western African, Yoruba
Camila	kah-MEE-lah (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Hamilcar	hə-MIL-kahr (English), HAM-il-kahr (English)	Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History
Aegle	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Hiram	HIE-rəm (English)	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English
Didacus	-	Medieval Spanish