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redbaited

redbaited is the simple past and past participle of redbait.

Meaning of redbait

Verb

redbait (third-person singular simple present redbaits, present participle redbaiting, simple past and past participle redbaited)

  1. (US, transitive) 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

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Questions about redbaited

What is redbaited the simple past and past participle of?
Redbaited is the simple past and past participle of redbait.

Words near redbaited in the dictionary

  1. redazzles
  2. redazzling
  3. redback
  4. redbacks
  5. redbait
  6. redbaited
  7. redbaiter
  8. redbaiters
  9. redbaiting
  10. redbaits
  11. Redban

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