[with object] (often as noun red-baiting) North American informal
harass or persecute (someone) on account of known or suspected communist sympathies: (as adjective red-baiting)the red-baiting chairman of the Senate committee
noun
South African
a large sea squirt which is a popular bait with sea anglers.
Pyura stolonifera, class Ascidiaceae
Derivatives
red-baiter
noun
red-bait in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of red-bait in the US English dictionary
