fair game

noun

: someone or something that can be chased, attacked, or criticized

Celebrities are fair game for the tabloids.

The tourists were fair game for the pickpockets.

Even her retirement savings were fair game for her creditors.

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Prosecutors have taken the position that while Davis may have discussed or signed a proffer agreement granting him immunity for some of his statements, his subsequent media interviews and tell-all memoir are clearly fair game. —

Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025 Plus, anything is fair game in this intense Giants-Eagles rivalry. —

Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025 Advertisement Most forest health experts agree that trees with a diameter at chest height of around 16 inches are fair game for mechanical thinning work. —

Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024 Civilians tasked with taking on the Santa mantle, however, are fair game — including clueless Christmas princes, reluctant draftees, and Viking warriors. —

Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fair game