Synonyms of foul play

foul play

noun

1

as in murder

the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life

the coroner ruled that there was no evidence of foul play

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murder
• homicide
• blood
• killing
• slaying
• massacre
• execution
• rubout
• slaughter
• assassination
• mercy killing
• manslaughter
• destruction
• carnage
• bloodshed
• chance-medley
• decimation
• butchery
• hit
• euthanasia
• regicide
• parricide
• fratricide
• matricide
• filicide
• uxoricide
• patricide

2

as in violence

the use of brute strength to cause harm to a person or property

the suspect has a long history of foul play, and was once convicted on assault and battery charges

Synonyms & Similar Words

• violence
• injury
• assault
• brutality
• force
• attack
• terror
• compulsion
• pressure
• battery
• damage
• coercion
• riot
• harm
• impairment
• outrage
• hurt
• constraint
• threat
• savagery
• pommelling
• detriment
• barbarity
• duress
• revolt
• beating
• mutilation
• whipping
• crippling
• mayhem
• fury
• shock
• thrashing
• smashing
• rage
• whaling
• pommeling
• bashing
• turbulence
• flogging
• paddling
• mauling
• clubbing
• hammering
• thumping
• maiming
• pummeling
• rupture
• pounding
• outbreak
• upheaval
• licking
• drubbing
• rampage
• onslaught
• bullying
• buffeting
• battering
• batting
• frenzy
• belting
• pummelling
• cudgelling
• pelting
• lacing
• paroxysm
• bulldozing
• tumult
• cudgeling
• uproar
• bludgeoning
• walloping
• storm
• tromping
• socking
• browbeating
• hectoring
• strong-arming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonviolence
• pacifism
• pacificism

Examples of foul play in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The father’s attorney had said no foul play or kidnapping was suspected. —Nbc Los Angeles, NBC News, 27 July 2024

The sheriff's office said in a release that there was no evidence to indicate foul play. —Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2024

An autopsy report obtained by PEOPLE in June stated that his blood alcohol content was .228, with no foul play involved. —Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2024

Authorities don’t believe there was any foul play in Richard Simmons’ sudden death last weekend, one day after celebrating his birthday. —Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 19 July 2024