Sentence:  He would pause outside the courtroom just long enough to give the TV press five minutes of crazed rhetoric for the Evening News, then he would shepherd his equally crazed 'clients' into the courtroom for their daily war-circus with the Judge. When you get into <WSD>bear baiting</WSD> on that level, paranoia is just another word for ignorance. ... They really are out to get you. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A bloodthirsty free for all.