cheap shot (cheep shot) noun

   1. An act of intentional roughness against an opponent, especially in
      a contact sport.

   2. An unsportsmanlike remark or action directed at a known weakness of
      another.

   "We don't care if he's Time magazine's `Person of the Year' or not,
   that was a cheap shot New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani took at Boston
   and its police."
   Editorial: Rudy Giuliani Shows Skin Still Very Thin, The Boston Herald,
   Dec 29, 2001.

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