Jew-baiting

American  

[joo-bey-ting] / ˈdʒuˌbeɪ tɪŋ /

noun

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

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Jew-baiting British  

noun

1. active persecution or harassment of Jews

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Other Word Forms

• Jew-baiter noun

Etymology

Origin of Jew-baiting

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

The Jew-baiting that characterized Trump’s campaign mattered little.

From The Guardian

So once again, Jew-baiting will be part of the Trump playbook, just as it was in 2016 and 2018, even if Trump’s allies now proclaim that Jexodus is just around the corner.

From The Guardian

Likewise, there is also now a place in the Republican party for bullyboy politics and Jew-baiting too, even with Ivanka and Jared around.

From The Guardian

But the music and the voices have turned harsh, and now Jew-baiting imprecations are fired like stones from slingshots.

From New York Times

It’s somewhere that you can feel comfortable making disparaging comments about Mexicans, blacks and Jews – as one poster put it, Gab is the place “you can go Jew-baiting without being shut down! And what is more fun than Jew-baiting!!??”

From The Guardian