| 释义 |
badger game in American Englishnounan 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 |