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redbait

American

[red-beyt] / ˈrɛdˌbeɪt /

verb (used without object)

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

Other Word Forms

redbaiter

noun

Etymology

Origin of redbait

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

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