Usually means: Wrongful or criminal deception intended.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word foul play:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. foul play: Merriam-Webster
  2. foul play: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. foul play: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. foul play: Collins English Dictionary
  5. foul play: Vocabulary.com
  6. foul-play: Wordnik
  7. foul play: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. foul play: Wiktionary
  9. foul play: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. foul play: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. foul play: Dictionary.com
  12. Foul Play (Law & Order episode), Foul Play (TV series), Foul Play (novel), Foul Play (video game), Foul Play, Foul play: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. foul play: Rhymezone
  14. foul play: FreeDictionary.org
  15. foul play: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. foul play: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. Foul play: Phrase Finder
  18. foul play: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. foul play: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. foul play: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. foul play: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. foul play: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (foul play)

noun:  Unfair, unethical, or criminal behavior, especially of a malicious or violent nature.
noun:  Any violation of rules.

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