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.

Examples of fair game in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That means just about any food-and-Miami related subject is fair game, from who picks the avocados and celebrations of the different culinary cultures of Miami to why everyone in this town is willing to sell their literal souls and possibly their children for mangoes every summer. —Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025

Celebrating a murder is disgraceful, and reprimands and firings in the workplace can be appropriate consequences for it, but criticism of anyone’s political views should always be fair game. —Michael Bloomberg, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025

Family is fair game if your partner and kids come off well but jokes about your Gulfstream or billionaire retreat might fall flat. —Diane Brady, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025

Any night … is fair game for locally dense fog. —Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for fair game

• acclaim
• aflame
• airframe
• ballgame
• became
• declaim
• defame
• disclaim
• doorframe
• exclaim
• inflame
• mainframe