badged

1. 1
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of badge.

   The factory badged identical scooters for several European retailers.

   All security staff were badged and photographed on their first day.

   Note

   One spelling covers three quite different acts. New staff are badged when each is marked out with a badge. A guard is badged when someone shows a badge to them. A visitor has badged into a restricted area by showing one, and that use can drop its object entirely. The passive participle shades into the adjective meaning "wearing a badge", but only the adjective takes more and most.

2. 2
   adjective

   Wearing or displaying an identifying badge.

   The badged inspectors moved through the crowd, checking tickets.

   All badged personnel must keep their identification visible at all times.

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