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the universe's oldest con: a small lie that ends in teeth.
means Something offered to lure a fish, animal, or person — usually toward a trap or a worse outcome than expected.
from From Old Norse 'beita,' meaning to cause to bite or to set animals to graze — a cousin of 'bite' itself. The Vikings carried it into English, where it kept its blunt logic: bait is whatever you dangle to make a creature open its mouth.
- clickbait
- Engineered curiosity gaps hijack the brain's reward system
- angler fish
- Dangles a glowing lure to summon dinner closer
- old english
- Comes from a Norse word meaning to bite
- bait car
- Police leave wired vehicles to catch thieves mid-grab
- living bait
- Worms outsell most candy at gas stations seasonally
for instance
police entrapment sting — law enforcement uses bait to catch criminals, practiced across us jurisdictions
fishing live bait — worms, minnows, crickets used to catch fish in freshwater and saltwater