foul play

1. 1.

   unfair or dishonest behavior (especially involving violence)

   Broaderevil

Questions about foul play

What does foul play mean?

foul play means "unfair or dishonest behavior (especially involving violence)".

Is foul play a common word?

foul play is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.