redbait

[red-beyt] /ˈrɛdˌbeɪt/

verb (used without object)

to denounce or deprecate as a political radical, especially to accuse of being communist.

Origin of redbait

1935-1940

1935-40; back formation from redbaiter, redbaiting. See red¹, bait

Related forms

redbaiter, noun

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