foul play

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foul play

illegal activity; bad practices. The police investigating the death suspect foul play. Each student got an A on the test, and the teacher imagined it was the result of foul play.

See also: foul, play

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Stories of foul play and successive murders had always been rife, but never were authenticated. Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories by Bierce, Ambrose View in context I told her that I suspected foul play, that I followed you both and found her father left to the tender mercies of the savages, deserted by you in the bush. A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context Though she spoke guardedly, her next words revealed suspicions of foul play lurking in her mind--exactly reflecting similar suspicions lurking in Crayford's mind--which so distressed the lieutenant, and so surprised his comrades, as to render them quite incapable of answering her. The Frozen Deep by Collins, Wilkie View in context			forgive for fork fork out fork over fork some money out forked form form an opinion form and substance form from form into form out of former fort forth fortify fortune Fortune favors the brave forty forty winks forward forwards foul foul out foul own nest foul play foul up foul-mouthed fouled up found found money found on foundation four four sheets in the wind fowl fraid fraidy cat frame frame in frame out frankly fraternize with fraught with danger fray fray around the edges freak freak out freaked free free and clear			Foul copy foul drain foul drain foul foot Foul hawse foul invective foul language foul language foul language foul language foul line foul lines foul marten foul mouth foul mouths foul nest foul nest foul nest foul nest foul out foul out foul out foul out foul out foul out foul own nest foul own nest foul own nest foul own nest foul own nest foul play Foul proof Foul Release Coatings Foul sewer Foul sewer foul shot Foul shots foul smelling ruminal contents foul smelling ruminal contents Foul strike Foul Stuff Up foul talk foul tip foul up foul up foul up foul up foul up foul up Foul Up After Birdie Foul Up Move Up Foul Water Foul Water Foul Weather Fund Foul Weather Funds Foul Weather Jack foul-in-the-foot foul-mouthed foul-mouthed foul-smelling foul-spoken

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