Bad egg may be secured (6)
I believe the answer is:
bagged
'secured' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'bad egg may be' is the wordplay.
'may be' is an anagram indicator.
'bad'+'egg'='badegg'
'badegg' anagrammed gives 'BAGGED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bagged that I've seen before include "like game on August 12" , "Reserved" , "Killed (game); claimed" .)