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bait

[beyt] / beɪt /






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He said the hacker groups usually target out-of-date or unpatched security systems, or use traditional phishing methods—baiting users with fake emails or texts.

From The Wall Street Journal

The team’s most obvious trade bait, of course, remains their collection of young talent.

From Los Angeles Times

Humorous responses to rage bait, which depends on eliciting defensiveness that can be fed back into the outrage machine, robs it of oxygen.

From Salon

In fact, that would be our nomination for the word of the year, rather than the phrase “rage bait,” so dubbed by the Oxford Dictionary.

From Barron's

In fact, that would be our nomination for the word of the year, rather than the phrase “rage bait,” so dubbed by the Oxford Dictionary.

From Barron's