The police waited for the bank robbers to 'take the bait'. [=to be tricked into doing the thing that would cause them to be trapped or caught]
('chiefly Brit') The interviewer kept asking the politician whether he was lying, and he 'rose to the bait' by getting angry.
She 'baited' the mousetraps with pieces of cheese. = She used cheese to 'bait' the traps.
(..) alliances is with marriage. Who are you marrying this time? I don't know. Maybe no one. But you need to lure all the noble houses to the table? Are you a queen or fish bait? I can't bring a lover to Westeros. A king wouldn't think twice about it. So that's what you want? To be my mistress? (..)2016 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: The Winds of Winter Season: 6 Episode 10