Traditionally, critical infrastructure elements have been lucrative targets for anyone wanting to attack another country.

He and his officers made a tidy profit, on the side, selling information on lucrative targets to the local pirates.

The idea was to deny the enemy too lucrative a target.

While mostly occurring at sea, criminal groups have also conducted armed raids against lucrative coastal targets including banks.

Caravans could therefore require considerable investment and were a lucrative target for bandits.

They are seen as easy and lucrative targets with few perpetrators ever brought to justice.

And, he said, most victims are wealthy local residents, since it takes time to pick out a lucrative target and plan an assault.

The North Vietnamese air defense forces "simply waited for nightfall and the arrival of more lucrative targets."

"They've put all their eggs in one basket and created one really lucrative target for an enemy."

This obviously presented a very lucrative target for insurgents.