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foul play

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foul play
1. actions which are not fair or honest. A virus wiped out all our computer-held records. We suspect foul play on the part of an ex-employee.
2. murder. It's not clear why the man drowned, but the police haven't ruled out 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
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