bait
/beɪt/ n [U] (FOOD)Definition
› a small amount of food used to attract and catch a fish or animal: The fishermen bought some worms to use as bait. › fig. Bait is also anything used to persuade someone to do something: Lawyers making the investment offering will find out today whether someone is ready to take the bait.
(Definition of bait n (FOOD) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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