German

Verb

ins Visier geraten

1. (idiomatic) to become a target
   • 2004, Der Spiegel, issue 48/2004, page 18:

     Der selbst ernannte Saubermann des Europa-Parlaments […] ist selbst ins Visier der Betrugsermittler der EU geraten.

     The self-declared "Mr. Clean" of the European Parliament […] has himself become a target of the fraud investigators of the EU.