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redbait

red·bait [ réd bàyt ] (past and past participle red·bait·ed, present participle red·bait·ing, 3rd person present singular red·baits)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
U.S. accuse somebody of being communist: to attack or persecute somebody as a communist sympathizer ( dated )


red·bait·ing noun
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