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snipe

1 verb
     
snipe1 [intransitive]
1PMW to shoot from a hidden position at people who are not protected
snipe at
soldiers sniping at civilians
2 to criticize someone in a nasty way
snipe at
His former associates have been sniping at him in the press.
—sniping noun [uncountable]
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