muck‧rak‧ing /ˈmʌk-reɪkɪŋ/
noun [uncountable] the practice of telling or writing unpleasant and perhaps untrue stories about people’s private lives, especially famous people:
Two of the candidates complained of unfair muckraking during the election campaign.—muckraking adjective—muckraker noun [countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲