1785 J. Trusler Mod. Times III. xxvi. 224 I was the only one in administration, they said, that had temper and constitution enough to bear badgering.

1796 E. Burke Let. 16 Dec. in Corr. (1970) IX. 179 He would rather be defeated on the Rhine or Po than suffer a Badgerring every Day in the House of Commons.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xiii. 2 The constant badgering and worrying of his venerable parent.

1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xviii. 223 Ritchie's good-natured badgering was pretty nearly as aggravating as Brown's dead-earnest nagging.

1919 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 24 517 In the teasing, badgering, and hectoring of small children, red-haired girls, cross-eyed or hare-lipped boys, peddlers, outlanders, and Chinamen, the object is not always the infliction of pain.

1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 18 Nov. 60/1 Freud..overmastered and dehumanized his teen-age patient with his badgering.

1800 ‘J. Nott’ Further Humble Advice 4 (heading) Ingrossing and Badgering.

1844 Act 7 & 8 Vic. xxiv. Preamb. Statutes..prohibiting..badgering, forestalling, etc.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby 9/2 Badgering, beating down the cost.

1877 Legends Dial. Gloucs. 63 Joseph fot out his carn weout badgering.

1937 A. F. Lucas Industr. Reconstruction & Control of Competition i. 12 It [sc. laissez-faire] scored another victory when the ancient laws against the offences of badgering, engrossing, forestalling, and regrating were removed from the statute books.