easy target in English

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        "Anything that is easy to criticize, lampoon etc. without fear of retribution"
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          "lampoon",
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          "word": "sitting duck"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "anything that is easy to criticize",
          "word": "helppo kohde"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "anything that is easy to criticize",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "branco fácil"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "anything that is easy to criticize",
          "word": "könnyű célpont"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "anything that is easy to criticize",
          "word": "victimă ușoară"
        }
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    }
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  "word": "easy target"
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        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "sitting duck"
    }
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        "Anything that is easy to criticize, lampoon etc. without fear of retribution"
      ],
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          "criticize"
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          "lampoon",
          "lampoon"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anything that is easy to criticize",
      "word": "helppo kohde"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "anything that is easy to criticize",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "branco fácil"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "anything that is easy to criticize",
      "word": "könnyű célpont"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "anything that is easy to criticize",
      "word": "victimă ușoară"
    }
  ],
  "word": "easy target"
}

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"easy target" meaning in English

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