cry foul
to say that something that has happened is unfair or illegal:
The opposition parties have cried foul at the president's act, seeing it as a violation of democracy.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Complaining
- beef
- bewail
- bleat
- bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark! idiom
- cavil
- chunter
- complainant
- complaint
- groan
- grouse
- harp
- harp on (about sth)
- huff and puff idiom
- kick
- lodge
- make a noise about sth idiom
- nagging
- protest
- quibble
- start on at sb
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