foul playnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌfaʊl ˈpleɪ/us/ˌfaʊl ˈpleɪ/foul play noun [ U ] (CRIME)
a criminal act that results in serious damage or injury, especially murder:
It is not clear what caused the explosion, but the police do not suspect foul play.
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Crime - general words
- carrying-on
- complicit
- complicity
- copycat
- crime
- drink-driving
- DWI
- hate crime
- inside job
- juvenile delinquent
- loitering
- misdeed
- offense
- racket
- speeding
- tort
- trespass
- vagrant
- victimless
- war crime
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foul play noun [ U ] (SPORT)
in sport, the act of playing unfairly or doing something that is against the rules
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General terms used in ball sports
- aggregate score
- assist
- attack
- back pass
- bobble
- center circle
- chip
- goalless
- holding
- layoff
- long ball
- man on! idiom
- man-to-man defense
- man-to-man marking
- overarm
- set piece
- shoot
- sidespin
- unplayable
- wrong-foot
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