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redbaits

redbaits is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 redbaits

What is redbaits the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Redbaits is the third-person singular simple present indicative of redbait.

Words near redbaits in the dictionary

  1. redbait
  2. redbaited
  3. redbaiter
  4. redbaiters
  5. redbaiting
  6. redbaits
  7. Redban
  8. redband
  9. redbands
  10. Redbank
  11. redbay

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