单词 | badger game |
释义 | badger game in American Englishnoun an extortion scheme in which a person is placed in a compromising position and then faced with a demand for money to avoid scandal, revenge, etc Word origin [1895–1900]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Marxism, calling card, freewheel, hit-and-run, neon |
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