Redbait
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Redbait is a verb meaning (US, transitive) To attack by denouncing as a Communist.
Meaning
(US, transitive) To attack by denouncing as a Communist.
More Meanings
- A fish, Emmelichthys nitidus
- Pyura stolonifera, an ascidian often used as bait by anglers.
Example Sentences
While Jack Kennedy thrived in the 1950s as a sex-crazed, drug-dependent, ailment-ridden party-boy politician, Bobby, the family’s complicated sourpuss, hooked up with the redbaiting Joe McCarthy, then spun off as a crusading and corners-cutting scourge of labor corruption.
Word Forms
- redbaits
- redbaiting
- redbaited
- red-bait
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rantipole, re-nig, ruddy, ratten, redline, reccy.
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