badgered

Judge Celia Hughes said that on the night of the attack, Pariyo had "badgered" the woman for sex, who in turn refused.

He badgered Wisconsin with a barrage of floaters and driving layups.

It's a difficult discussion, because progressives are already constantly badgered by right-wing accusations that they're an "elite" who "looks down" at Trump voters as ignoramuses.

Ms. Rabha, a slight, bespectacled woman who was born poor in an Assam village, faced down mobs for her work, badgered the police and pushed for legal protection for women.

She had badgered her friends and family to persuade them to vote for a major change of government.