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Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.

Miller took particular exception to a post in which Kelley had worried she might fall victim to foul play.

Shahid quietly asked her to lift a finger if foul play had been at work.

While a suicide note has not yet been found, police do not suspect foul play.

And still, there are the still fringe conspiracy theorists who believe there was foul play involved instead.

But it was strongly rumoured that there had been foul play, peculation, even forgery.

I felt sure there had been foul play of some sort, but Lisa was sure those girls had exchanged the babies' clothes on purpose.

If there had been foul play, whoever had been concerned in it had removed all traces long ago.

We are not going to give you in custody, for the coroner found that the man had not died by foul play.

More faults of the kind were discovered, and as they always happened in the same watch, there was a suspicion of foul play.

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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to foul play, such as: bad deed, corruption, crime, cruel act, dirty trick, and dirty work.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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