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bait

noun as in something for luring

verb as in lure

verb as in needle

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“Stop all this click bait s— you keep doing,” he wrote.

Primarily because their business model was based on bait and switch with customers.

Let’s just hope that Venezuela doesn’t take the bait.

From Salon

Newsom is throwing red meat to the resistance while baiting the right.

From Salon

Poison bait is being used to target rats who are "running freely" in and around the beach in a popular seaside village.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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