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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

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

A serious criminal offense, which, under federal law, is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year or by death

Scandalous acts involving dishonesty or corruption

An act of dishonesty or deceit

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

treacherousness

misrepresentation

smoke and mirrors

confidence trick

sanctimoniousness

pharisaicalness

confidence game

false profession

bit of sharp practice

fraudulent scheme

self-righteousness

pretentiousness

piece of deception

monkey business

sleight of hand

lack of veracity

superciliousness

self-satisfaction

bait-and-switch

victimisation^UK

victimization^US

daylight robbery

disingenuousness

hypocritical talk

hypocritical behaviour

duplicitousness

illegal enterprise

being two-faced

affected superiority

double standard

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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

sleight of hand

unscrupulousness

smoke and mirrors

prestidigitation

untrustworthiness

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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

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

demanding money with menaces

victimisation^UK

victimization^US

pressurizing^US

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

pressurising^UK

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Noun

A serious criminal offense, which, under federal law, is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year or by death

misdemeanour^UK

criminal offense

misbehaviour^UK

act of wickedness

act of brutality

act of savagery

mischievousness

fall from grace

violation of the law

infraction of the law

breach of the law

slap in the face

act of dereliction

act of misconduct

breach of conduct

mischief-making

act of violence

kick in the teeth

unlawful activity

moral transgression

inequitableness

unreasonableness

travesty of justice

act of barbarity

unrighteousness

antisocial behavior

breaking of the law

taking advantage

domestic violence

rough treatment

indecent assault

left-handed compliment

backhanded compliment

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Noun

Scandalous acts involving dishonesty or corruption

Noun

An act of dishonesty or deceit

underhandedness

unscrupulousness

monkey business

misrepresentation

smoke and mirrors

treacherousness

telling stories

ambidextrousness

double-crossing

confidence trick

sleight of hand

breach of trust

lack of veracity

surreptitiousness

untrustworthiness

disingenuousness

misrepresenting

every trick in the book

false-heartedness

committing perjury

palace intrigue

stab in the back

dishonourableness

unprincipledness

questionableness

questionability

misappropriation

prestidigitation

specious reasoning

artful argument

fraudulent scheme

misbehaviour^UK

bait and switch

unrepresentativeness

confidence game

demoralization^US

demoralisation^UK

being on the take

dishonest dealings

little white lies

misleading talk

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Noun

Physical damage caused to something

deleteriousness

razing to the ground

total destruction

utter destruction.

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