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noun
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.
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Origin of badger game
First recorded in 1895ā1900
Words nearby badger game
Baden-Württemberg, Bader, bad faith, badge, badger, badger game, badger plane, Badger State, Bad Godesberg, bad hair day, Bad Homburg
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Other Idioms and Phrases with badger game
badger game
An extortion scheme in which a man is lured into a compromising position, usually by a woman, and then is ādiscoveredā and blackmailed by her associate. For example, The prosecutor accused the couple of playing the badger game. The term alludes to the much older sport of badger-baiting, in which a live badger was trapped and put inside a box and dogs were set on it to drag it out. The woman in the scheme is the ābadger.ā [Late 1800s]
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