redbait
nounEtymology From red + bait.
1
A fish, Emmelichthys nitidus
2
Pyura stolonifera, an ascidian often used as bait by anglers.
redbait
verbEtymology From red + bait.
1
US To attack by denouncing as a Communist.
- 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.2007 September 9, David Corn, “Collision Course”, in New York Times: