Tarbellize

Meaning

Verb

To criticize through investigatory journalism.

Origin

Tarbell + -ize, after Ida Tarbell, author of The History of the Standard Oil Company, a book that heavily criticized John D. Rockefeller and his monopolistic practices.

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