Definition of "fair game" []

• Actions permissible by the rules. (noun)
• A goal or an object that may legitimately be sought. (noun)
• An acceptable subject of criticism, scrutiny, or mockery. (noun)
• Used other than as an idiom: see fair,‎ game.: a game that is fair, that does not involve cheating, etc. (noun)

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• "He was fair game for all the pranksters, because he couldn't strike back-not magically, and it was deemed crass to do it physically."
• "Laila learned from him, for instance, that this road, up to the second acacia tree on the left, belonged to one warlord; that the next four blocks, ending with the bakery shop next to the demolished pharmacy, was another warlord's sector; and that if she crossed that street and walked half a mile west, she would find herself in the territory of yet another warlord and, therefore, fair game for sniper fire."
• "Executed criminals and paupers buried in the potters 'field were fair game for the resur - rectionists, as the grave-robbers were called."