Relating to use of bait and switch (offering one attractive exchange initially, but not honoring the offer) in business, politics, and elsewhere.

Eggcorn of with bated breath.

simple past tense and past participle of burn-beat

(of land) Prepared for agricultural use by burning

A vehicle used as a decoy by police to help apprehend car thieves, often equipped to be tracked by GPS and to be disabled remotely.

To engage in race baiting.

(US) The (ad hominem) practice of accusing someone of being a communist, socialist or anarchist with the intention of discrediting his or her political views.

Malicious encouragement of suicide.

(in India and the Middle East) The harassment of women, especially foreign, or dressed as such, by groups of men.

(fishing) a box used to keep bait / A small box, in which poison is kept, with space for small animals e.g. rats to eat from.