badger game
1Badger game — Badg er game The method of blackmailing by decoying a person into a compromising situation and extorting money by threats of exposure. [Cant] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
2badger game — ☆ badger game n. Slang the blackmailing of a man by maneuvering him into a compromising situation with a woman …
3Badger game — The badger game is an extortion scheme, often perpetrated on married men, in which the victim or mark is tricked into a compromising position to make him vulnerable to blackmail.There are two competing explanations for the origin of the term… …
4badger game — noun Etymology: badger (III) : an extortion racket in which a man is lured by a woman into a compromising position and is then confronted with and blackmailed by the woman s accomplice posing as her husband or brother * * * an extortion scheme in …
5badger game — an extortion scheme in which a woman places a man in a compromising position and then victimizes him by demanding money when her male accomplice, pretending to be an outraged husband or relative, enters and threatens violence, scandal, etc. [1895 …
6badger game — A blackmailing trick; a method of artifice in obtaining money …
7When the Gods Played a Badger Game — Infobox Film name = When the Gods Played a Badger Game image size = caption = director = Joe De Grasse producer = writer = narrator = starring = Lon Chaney, Sr. Pauline Bush music = cinematography = editing = distributor = Universal Pictures… …
8Badger (disambiguation) — Badger is the common name for any animal of three subfamilies: * Eurasian Badger found across Europe and Asia * American Badger found in North America * Ratel or honey badger found in Africa and AsiaBadger may also refer to:PlacesAustralia *… …
9badger — a prostitute Formerly, a licensed huckster who had to wear a badge, from which the standard English meaning, to importune excessively, and so to the prostitute who accosts men in the street. The usage survives in the badger game, in which… …
10Badger-baiting — is a blood sport involving the baiting of badgers.BackgroundThe badger is a usually quiet and docile creature in its own domain; however, when cornered or when a threat is perceived it can possess impressive courage. Weighing up to thirty five… …
