mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal - fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals

American badger, Taxidea taxus - a variety of badger native to America

Eurasian badger, Meles meles - a variety of badger native to Europe and Asia

ferret badger - small ferret-like badger of southeast Asia

Arctonyx collaris, hog badger, hog-nosed badger, sand badger - southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig

bedevil, dun, rag, torment, frustrate, crucify - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"

persuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!"