Nouns

(n)snipeOld or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
(n)snipea gunshot from a concealed location

Verbs

(v)snipehunt or shoot snipe
(v)sharpshoot, snipeaim and shoot with great precision
(v)attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assaultattack in speech or writing“The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker”