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Criminal or violent behavior resulting in another's death

A crime, or unethical or criminal behavior

Behavior or actions involving deception or deviousness

Violence when used in unethical or criminal behavior

Unfair or dishonest conduct

Coercion or compulsion, especially with the use or threat of violence

The practice of working to people's disadvantage behind their backs

A fraudulent scheme or ruse

Physical damage caused to something

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Noun

Criminal or violent behavior resulting in another's death

putting to death

contract killing

political execution

second-degree murder

first-degree murder

ethnic cleansing

mass destruction

wholesale slaughter

indiscriminate killing

wholesale killing

night of the long knives

taking of someone's life

victimization^US

insurrectionism

race extermination

victimisation^UK

indiscriminate bloodshed

search and destroy

capital punishment

putting to sleep

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“His friends also dispelled any possibility that Bizan's death was the result of foul play and the need for a criminal investigation.”

Noun

A crime, or unethical or criminal behavior

criminal activity

a criminal offence

criminal violence

criminal action

misdemeanour^UK

treacherousness

criminal offense

unscrupulousness

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“She also told Kim she had been quite shocked when Sonny had asked her if the police were investigating foul play.”

Noun

Behavior or actions involving deception or deviousness

treacherousness

monkey business

underhandedness

stabs in the back

untrustworthiness

false-heartedness

unscrupulousness

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“Such a correlation might reflect a tendency for teams to retaliate in kind if the opposing team is guilty of a particularly high level of foul play.”

Noun

Violence when used in unethical or criminal behavior

bloodthirstiness

rough treatment

destructiveness

cruel treatment

lack of control

lack of restraint

strong-arm tactics

hard-heartedness

cold-bloodedness

remorselessness

cold-heartedness

inconsiderateness

unforgivingness

stone-heartedness

hardheartedness

lack of sympathy

lack of feeling

lack of compassion

insensitiveness

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“He was on his feet declaiming this protest after Charles Woodhouse had read a paper containing references to the common-law compensation remedies and criminal prosecutions for violent foul play.”

Noun

Unfair or dishonest conduct

prestidigitation

sleight of hand

smoke and mirrors

Noun

Coercion or compulsion, especially with the use or threat of violence

pressurisation^UK

pressurization^US

strong arm tactics

strong-arm tactics

strong-arm tactic

reign of terror

tiger by the tail

have on the brain

demanding money with menaces

intimidating remark

threatening remark

intimidatory remark

pressurizing^US

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

pressurising^UK

putting into practice

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Noun

Sharp practice

Noun

The practice of working to people's disadvantage behind their backs

double-crossing

untrustworthiness

underhandedness

breach of trust

stab in the back

unscrupulousness

monkey business

treacherousness

misrepresentation

false-heartedness

smoke and mirrors

ambidextrousness

telling stories

breach of faith

disingenuousness

confidence trick

surreptitiousness

lack of veracity

sleight of hand

misrepresenting

committing perjury

every trick in the book

palace intrigue

misappropriation

dishonourableness

bait and switch

confidence game

unprincipledness

questionableness

questionability

specious reasoning

artful argument

trahison des clercs

fraudulent scheme

act of disloyalty

act of treachery

prestidigitation

misbehaviour^UK

unrepresentativeness

misleading talk

victimisation^UK

victimization^US

little white lies

hollow-heartedness

subversive activity

betrayal of trust

breaking of faith

mischievousness

optical illusion

sanctimoniousness

misdemeanour^UK

hypocritical talk

hypocritical behaviour

bit of sharp practice

piece of deception

cunning stratagems

use of fallacious arguments

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Noun

A fraudulent scheme or ruse

misrepresentation

smoke and mirrors

confidence trick

confidence game

bit of sharp practice

fraudulent scheme

criminal activity

piece of deception

monkey business

lack of veracity

bait-and-switch

victimisation^UK

victimization^US

sanctimoniousness

crocodile tears

hypocritical talk

hypocritical behaviour

sleight of hand

daylight robbery

criminal violence

criminal action

a criminal offence

illegal enterprise

course of action

diversionary tactic

oldest trick in the book

bait and switch

publicity device

eye-catching novelty

proposed action

attention-grabber

wild-goose chase

misleading clue

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Noun

Physical damage caused to something

deleteriousness

adverse effects

undesirable consequences

undesirable consequence

indecent assault

razing to the ground

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