Usage Note
Appât (note the circumflex on 'â') is used in fishing and hunting, but also figuratively — l'appât du gain ('the lure of profit') is a common idiom describing greed. The verb form is appâter ('to bait, to lure'). The final 't' is silent.
Examples
"Il a utilisé un ver comme appât."
Natural Translation
He used a worm as bait.
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