shall we take a look in the OED and see when monger was actually verbed?
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yes, well monger is a very old word, dating back to C10 OE; and it was first verbed, to deal or traffic in, (in print) by the Observer on 5 Feb 1928: Both American and British opinion is laughing out of court those who monger their scares about the United States Navy.

at least give him a C-

('twould be interesting to learn the context of that citation.)