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
Peregrinus	-	Late Roman
Bianca	BYAHN-kah (Romanian)	Italian, Romanian
Misaki	mee-sah-kee	Japanese
Delaney	[də'leini]
Gholam	-	Persian
Rowena	[rəu'i:nə]