foul play (Meaning)

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foul play (n)

unfair or dishonest behavior (especially involving violence)

The police suspected foul play when the victim's body was discovered with unexplained wounds.
The autopsy report indicated evidence of foul play, leading to the arrest of a prime suspect.
The company's recent financial records raised suspicions of foul play, prompting an internal investigation.
Rumors of foul play circulated among the townsfolk after the sudden death of a respected elder.
The jury found the defendant guilty of foul play, convicting him of a premeditated murder.
The crooked politician was accused of foul play in his re-election campaign, involving bribery and intimidation.
The missing person's case took a sinister turn when foul play became a possibility.
The FBI launched an investigation into the suspected foul play surrounding the disappearance of a prominent scientist.
The mysterious circumstances surrounding the apartment fire suggested the possibility of foul play.
The animal rights activists protested foul play in the handling of animals by a research laboratory.

unfair or dishonest behavior (especially involving violence)

murder, homicide, killing, blood,slaying, massacre, carnage, decimation, rubout, bloodshed

nonviolence, nonviolence, pacifism,pacifism, pacificism,pacificism

The police suspected foul play when the victim's body was discovered with unexplained wounds.

The autopsy report indicated evidence of foul play, leading to the arrest of a prime suspect.

The company's recent financial records raised suspicions of foul play, prompting an internal investigation.

Rumors of foul play circulated among the townsfolk after the sudden death of a respected elder.