Bait and Raid

Bait

Bait verb - To attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults.

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Raid and bait are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Raid" instead a verb "Bait".

Nearby Words: baited, baiting, baiter, baity

Raid verb - To enter for conquest or plunder.

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Bait and raid are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bait" instead a verb "Raid".

Nearby Words: raided, raider, raiding

old	old bait	old raid
special	special bait	special raid
complete	complete bait	complete raid
current	current bait	current raid
Other adjectives: single, actual, entire, real, successful, massive, new, major, classic, latest, said.

place	bait place	raid place
ship	bait ship	raid ship

And in one of the short stories that make up the majority of Ghostmaker Bragg (The Big Guy of the Ghosts) is used as "big dumb trooper" bait to get a traitorous supply convoy driver to feel safe enough to tip off his bandit friends to raid the convoy.

Source: The Bait
Schmuck Bait: In "The Heist", soldiers raid a secret government armory, but the guard they capture begs them not to open a box.

Source: Series / The Outer Limits (1995)
Snark Bait: invoked Equilibrium was one of the movies that gained inclusion via a poll of Kickstarter backers (the other was The Raid), but Laws himself doesn't care for it, and the essay contains quite a bit of snark at its expense.

Source: Literature / Blowing Up The Movies

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