badge
/bæd͡ʒ/ verb C2- To mark or distinguish with a badge. · The television was badged as ‘GE’, but wasn’t made by them.
- To show a badge to. · He calmed down a lot when the policeman badged him.
- To enter a restricted area by showing one’s badge.
He/she/it badges · Past badged · Past participle badged · -ing form badging
Verb forms
- Base form
- badge
- He/she/it
- badges
- Past
- badged
- Past participle
- badged
- -ing form
- badging
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Nowadays the military profession is in abeyance and the magisterial robe is the badge of honor.
“It gives me the impression of a secret society of some sort; the same with his badge upon the forearm.”
They are ignorant of the consequences of the murder; they see neither the police commissary with his badge of office, nor the corporal with his four men; and so the poor fools believe that the whole thing is as easy as lying.
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