Jew-baiting

[ joo-bey-ting ]

/ ˈdʒuˌbeɪ tɪŋ /

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noun

active antisemitism, including threats, hate speech, and other forms of overt harassment targeting Jews.

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Origin of Jew-baiting

First recorded in 1890–95

OTHER WORDS FROM Jew-baiting

Jew-bait·er, noun

Words nearby Jew-baiting

jeune première, jeunesse dorée, jeux d'esprit, Jevons, Jew, Jew-baiting, jewel, jewel block, jewel box, jewel case, jeweler

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How to use Jew-baiting in a sentence

But the enemy of the new emirs is neither the Jew nor the Christian, it is the godless militant defending secularism.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Marrying another Jew was not just a personal simcha (joy), but one for the community.
My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Open-carry activists are known for baiting cops into on-camera arguments about the Second Amendment and state laws.
Texas Gun Slingers Police the Police—With a Black Panthers Tactic|Brandy Zadrozny|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Limbaugh makes comments like this because his right-wing fans require a non–stop diet of race-baiting red meat.
Rush Limbaugh’s Fear of a Black James Bond|Dean Obeidallah|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

An Australian woman in her late twenties told me she was an “honorary Jew” with no actual Jewish heritage.
I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed|Emily Shire|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was crowned by a wide-brimmed bowler hat which the man wore pressed down upon his ears like a Jew pedlar.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
He had no other opportunity; for the Jew remained very surly and silent till night, when he prepared to go abroad.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3)|Charles Dickens
You may burn a candle, said the Jew, putting one upon the table; and heres a book for you to read till they come to fetch you.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3)|Charles Dickens
Here, said Toby, as the young Jew placed some fragments of food and a bottle upon the table, Success to the crack!
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3)|Charles Dickens
The Jew was no sooner alone, than his countenance resumed its former expression of anxiety and thought.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3)|Charles Dickens

British Dictionary definitions for Jew-baiting

Jew-baiting

noun

active persecution or harassment of Jews

Derived forms of Jew-baiting

Jew-baiter, noun

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