1. redbait - Noun
2. redbait - Verb
redbait (third-person singular simple present redbaits, present participle redbaiting, simple past and past participle redbaited)
(US, transitive) To attack by denouncing as a Communist.
A fish, Emmelichthys nitidus
Pyura stolonifera, an ascidian often used as bait by anglers.
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