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• n  a shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter)
• n  criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration
  reporters took potshots at the mayor

• Their leader, tough, 76-year-old Henri Mailly, wore a bullet-holed beret, newly ventilated by a Communist potshot.
• Incidentally, Jonathan Last at the Standard blog thinks that Obama's reference to "worn-out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our politics" was a potshot at conservatives .
• Though the prince's mistress, too, has occasionally taken a potshot at Tiggy (reportedly referring to her as "the hired help"), Legge .

News & Articles

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• UFC Fight Night 27 results: Rafael dos Anjos gets past Donald Cerrone
  In the co-main event of the evening at UFC Fight Night 27 , top lightweights Donald Cerrone and Rafael dos Anjos battled to get one step closer to a title shot. The frame opened as many expected. Both fighters used strong head movement and footwork to potshot the other, but it wasn't until a right hook from dos Anjos that cracked Cerrone that things got interesting. The Brazilian followed ...
  Aug. 29, 2013 - SB Nation

Quotes

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• Anthony Watmough in The Canberra Times
  Matai refused to comment on the incident, however, a teammate, second-rower Anthony Watmough, said: "The guy's a coward. What kind of person would take a potshot at someone when they're walking off the field?"
• Bob Costas in NewsNet5.com
  There was a robustness about Hal, a bounce in his step,Costas told the News-Herald. "He was a straight shooter, not a potshot artist. He was the kind of guy who got respect not just for his versatility and knowledge, but for his...
• Phil Mendelson in Washington Post
  I read it as the department is politicizing a situation to take a potshot at the council for cutting their budget,Mendelson said. "It is very easy to politicize public safety. You have a fire, there wasn't a smoke detector, blame the...