badge

A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.

the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman

Tax-gatherers, […]recognized by their official badges.

A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.

A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.

Something characteristic; a mark; a token.

Sweet mercy is nobility’s true badge.

A brand on the hand of a thief, etc.

He has got his badge, and piked.

To mark or distinguish with a badge.

The television was badged as ‘GE’, but wasn’t made by them.

To show a badge to.

He calmed down a lot when the policeman badged him.

To enter a restricted area by showing one’s badge.

Worden and James walk […] to the […] Courthouse […], where they badge their way past sheriff’s deputies and take the elevator to the third floor.

And Patterson didn’t hear that Jack Egger, the studio’s director of security, said he’d seen John Orr badge his way through the pedestrian gate sometime before 4:00 pm, when the fire was still raging, […]