These days, though, jails are a ripe target for budget officials looking to trim expenses.

There are competing theories about why the Commerce Department is seen as such a ripe target.

Any world is a ripe target for the hydrogues.

Then, seeing the Rowan's surprised expression, found a ripe target for her effusions.

The main fear is that Japan's fuel would pose a ripe target for terrorists or aspiring nuclear powers.

Except neither dared come close to a ripe and well-known target like this.

"Just imagine a huge white garbage truck as a nice ripe target."

They would be plump targets, ripe for the picking.

Obviously that was why Caribbean Prince had been a ripe target.

New Jersey's many chemical plants offer some of the country's ripest terrorist targets, and need all the protections they can get.