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Meaning of redbait | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

To attack by denouncing as a Communist.

US, transitive

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

redbaited redbaiting redbaits redcoat redcoated redcoating