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The phrase "bait them" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is trying to lure or entice another person into a specific action or response, often in a strategic or manipulative way. Example: "He decided to bait them with a tempting offer to see if they would take the bait."
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"Bait them into Iraq with weapons of mass destruction.
"Sometimes you put things out to bait them.
So I bait them: 'So now that I can do brown people I can do white people, too!
I don't bait them with money, but I'm just curious to know what their life is like.
And the fact that we were in proximity to the Albright and Artpark and Media Studies meant that we could bait them".
Early last week, the Giants' defensive players spoke about staying alert for Ward's blocks and not letting him bait them into penalties.
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His associates — battling trolls (and baiting them, too) — made their allegiances known.
He revels in the idiosyncrasies of his teachers, baiting them to the delight of his classmates.
Then I baited them – I was deliberately more provocative toward them than ever I'd been before.
"I do say at one point when I'm baiting them with the pheromones, 'Come to mama'.
He told a story of how he negotiated with players, baiting them with stacks of money in his desk.
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