SAT vocabulary

badger

to pester, harass, or persistently urge someone to do something

Example

"Reporters continued to badger the foreign minister for specifics about the covert treaty."

Etymology

From the noun 'badger', alluding to the cruel historic baiting of badgers by dogs.

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