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redbait

American  
[red-bayt] / ˈrɛdˌbeɪt /

verb (used without object)

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


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Etymology

Origin of redbait

1935–40; back formation from redbaiter, redbaiting. See red 1, bait


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