English Explanatory Dictionary

Tarbellize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To criticize through investigatory journalism.

Word forms

Tarbellize Tarbellizes Tarbellizing Tarbellized

Etymology

From 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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