red-bait

verb

ˈred-ˌbāt

red-baited; red-baiting; red-baits

often capitalized R

transitive verb

: to subject (a person or group) to red-baiting

intransitive verb

: to engage in red-baiting

red-baiter noun often capitalized R

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Still, the whitewashing of Reagan’s red-baiting remains the movie’s defining sin, and a testament to how any sense of portraiture is swamped by the petty desire to win a one-sided debate. —