Usually means: Lured with enticement or deception.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word baited:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. baited: Merriam-Webster
  2. baited: Collins English Dictionary
  3. baited: Vocabulary.com
  4. Baited, baited: Wordnik
  5. baited: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. baited: Wiktionary
  7. Baited, baited: Dictionary.com
  8. baited: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Baited: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Baited: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. baited: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. baited: FreeDictionary.org
  13. baited: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. baited: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. baited: Medical dictionary

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  1. baited: Idioms

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  1. baited: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bait)

noun:  Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
noun:  Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
noun:  Anything which allures; something or someone used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something
noun:  (as the head of a compound) Something that lures or entices a specified group
noun:  A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
noun:  (Geordie, Durham) A packed lunch - the bite to eat a worker took with them to eat
noun:  (East Anglia) A small meal taken mid-morning while farming.
noun:  (Northern England) A miner's packed meal.
noun:  A light or hasty luncheon.
noun:  (Internet slang) A post intended to elicit a, usually strong or negative, reaction from others.
verb:  (transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.
verb:  (transitive) To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
verb:  (transitive) To lay baits in an environment to control pest species.
verb:  (transitive) To target a pest species by laying baits.
verb:  (transitive) To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.
verb:  (transitive) To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
verb:  (transitive, archaic) To feed and water (a horse or other animal), especially during a journey.
verb:  (intransitive) Of a horse or other animal: to take food, especially during a journey.
verb:  (intransitive) (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.
verb:  (obsolete, intransitive) To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.
adjective:  (MLE) Obvious; blatant.
adjective:  (MLE) Well-known; famous; renowned.
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