The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Badger \Badg"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Badgered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Badgering.] [For sense 1, see 2d Badger; for 2, see
1st Badger.]
1. To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or
irritate persistently.
[1913 Webster]
2. To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.
[1913 Webster]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "badgered":
baited, bedeviled, beset, bugged, bullyragged, chivied, deviled,
dogged, harassed, harried, heckled, hectored, hounded, needled,
nipped at, persecuted, pestered, picked on, plagued, ragged,
teased, tormented, worried