buckraking
English
noun
Definitions
- (politics) The practice of paid speaking before commercial interests, viewed as a potential source of conflict of interest.
Etymology
Compound from English buck (dollar, male goat, male deer) + English raking (hauling in with a rake).
Origin
English
raking
Gloss
hauling in with a rake
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- blackbuck English
- buck English
- buckberry English
- buckboard English
- buckbrush English
- buckeen English
- bucker English
- buckhorn English
- buckhound English
- buckish English
- buckjumper English
- buckjumping English
- buckle English
- buckmast English
- bucksaw English
- buckshot English
- buckskin English
- bucksome English
- buckstall English
- buckstay English
- bucktail English
- buckthorn English
- bucktooth English
- bucktoothed English
- bushbuck English
- crossbuck English
- humbucker English
- killbuck English
- kilobuck English
- prongbuck English
- raking English
- reedbuck English
- roebuck English
- sawbuck English
- terabuck English
- buc Middle English
- buck
- raking
- bucker
- buckle
- buckish
- buckeen
- sawbuck
- roebuck
- bucksaw
- bucksome
- buckstay
- reedbuck
- bushbuck
- buckshot
- buckhorn
- bucktail
- buckskin
- terabuck
- buckmast
- kilobuck
- killbuck
- buckberry
- humbucker
- buckhound
- buckthorn
- crossbuck
- prongbuck
- bucktooth
- buckboard
- blackbuck
- buckbrush
- buckstall
- buckjumper
- buckjumping
- bucktoothed