FAIR GAME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fair game mean? 

• FAIR GAME (noun)
  The noun FAIR GAME has 1 sense:

1. a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence

  Familiarity information: FAIR GAME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAIR GAME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

fair game; prey; quarry; target

Context example:

the target of a manhunt

Hypernyms ("fair game" is a kind of...):

victim (an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance)

 Context examples 

Oh! said the man, you need not fear the gallows; for I will only teach you to steal what will be fair game: I meddle with nothing but what no one else can get or care anything about, and where no one can find you out.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)