snipe
verb [I] /snaɪp/Definition
› to shoot at someone from a position where you cannot be seen: The rebels have started sniping at civilians.Guns › to criticize someone unpleasantly: The former minister has been making himself unpopular recently, sniping at his ex-colleagues.Disapproving and criticizingDamaging reputation sniping /ˈsnaɪ.pɪŋ/ noun [U] Disapproving and criticizingDamaging reputation
(Definition of snipe verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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