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Badger blokes caught by civil wrong (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

torment

'badger' is the definition.
(I know that badger is a more specific form of the action the torment)

'blokes caught by civil wrong' is the wordplay.
'blokes' becomes 'men' (bloke can informally mean a man).
'caught by' indicates putting letters inside.
'civil wrong' becomes 'tort' (synonyms).
'men' put within 'tort' is 'TORMENT'.

(Other definitions for torment that I've seen before include "Hound" , "More TNT (anag.)" , "Pester annoyingly" , "Torture" , "Persecute" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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