bait

appât

Nourriture ou autre substance servant à attirer des poissons ou des animaux pour les capturer.

En anglais simple : Food or another substance used to attract fish or animals so they can be caught.

• Put some bait on the hook.
• The fish ignored our bait.
• We used cheese as bait for the mice.

Synonymes : lure

Expressions courantes : live bait, fishing bait, bait on something

appât

Quelque chose d’attirant proposé pour susciter l’intérêt ou pousser quelqu’un à agir.

En anglais simple : Something attractive offered to make people interested or persuade them to do something.

• The prize was just bait.
• They used cheap tickets as bait to attract visitors.
• She refused to take the bait and sign up.

Comment l'utiliser : bait for someone (The free trial was bait for new customers.)

Synonymes : lure, enticement

Expressions courantes : use as bait, bait for someone, tempting bait

message provocateur

Message publié en ligne pour provoquer de fortes réactions, surtout de colère.

En anglais simple : An online message designed to make people react strongly, especially with anger.

• That post is obvious bait.
• Do not reply to his bait in the comments.
• The moderators removed several pieces of racist bait.

Synonymes : rage bait

Expressions courantes : obvious bait, post bait, ignore the bait

appâter

Mettre de la nourriture ou un autre appât sur un hameçon ou dans un piège pour capturer des animaux.

En anglais simple : To put food or another attractant on a hook or in a trap to catch animals.

• He baited the trap.
• We baited our hooks with small pieces of fish.
• Have you baited the mouse trap yet?

Comment l'utiliser : bait something with something (She baited the hook with a worm.)

Expressions courantes : bait a hook, bait a trap, bait something with

attirer, appâter

Attirer une personne ou un animal en lui proposant quelque chose qu’il désire.

En anglais simple : To attract an animal or person by offering something they want.

• They baited the animals with food.
• The hunters baited deer near the clearing.
• The scheme baits customers with promises of quick profits.

Comment l'utiliser : bait someone/something with something (They baited the fox with scraps of meat.)

Synonymes : lure, entice

Expressions courantes : bait an animal, bait someone with

faire attaquer par des chiens

Faire attaquer un animal par des chiens, notamment pour divertir un public.

En anglais simple : To make dogs attack an animal, especially as a form of entertainment.

• They used dogs to bait bears.
• The chained bull was baited before a crowd.
• Laws were passed to stop people baiting animals.

Comment l'utiliser : bait an animal with dogs (People once baited bulls with dogs for entertainment.)

Expressions courantes : bait a bear, bait a bull, bait with dogs