"foul play" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} foul play (uncountable)
  1. Unfair, unethical, or criminal behavior, especially of a malicious or violent nature. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Crime, Violence Related terms: crime, fraud Translations (unfair, unethical, or criminal behavior): 犯規行為 (Chinese Mandarin), 犯规行为 (fànguī xíngwéi) (Chinese Mandarin), vilunkipeli (Finnish), mauvais coup [masculine] (French), coup tordu [masculine] (French), acte de malfaisance [feminine] (French), Foulspiel [neuter] (German), Foul Play [neuter] (German), bűncselekmény (Hungarian), erőszak (Hungarian), idegenkezűség (Hungarian), ファウル (fauru) (Japanese), 不法行為 (fuhō kōi) (alt: ふほうこうい) (Japanese), faul [masculine] (Polish), jogo sujo [masculine] (Portuguese), infração [feminine] (Portuguese), delito [masculine] (Portuguese), falta [feminine] (Portuguese), нече́стная игра́ (nečéstnaja igrá) [feminine] (Russian), гря́зная игра́ (grjáznaja igrá) [feminine] (Russian), гру́бая игра́ (grúbaja igrá) [feminine] (Russian), игра́ не по пра́вилам (igrá ne po právilam) [feminine] (Russian), juego sucio [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-foul_play-en-noun-WU5zds68 Disambiguation of Crime: 92 8 Disambiguation of Violence: 63 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'unfair, unethical, or criminal behavior': 98 2
  2. Any violation of rules. Tags: uncountable Translations (violation of rules): 違反規則 (Chinese Mandarin), 违反规则 (wéifǎn guīzé) (Chinese Mandarin), vilppi (Finnish), faute [feminine] (French), infraction [feminine] (French), Verletzung der Regeln [feminine] (German), szabálytalanság (Hungarian), tisztességtelenség (Hungarian), becstelenség (Hungarian), csalás (Hungarian), 不正行為 (fusei kōi) (alt: ふせいこうい) (Japanese), transgressão [feminine] (Portuguese), infração [feminine] (Portuguese), delito [masculine] (Portuguese), falta [feminine] (Portuguese), ofensa [feminine] (Portuguese), наруше́ние пра́вил (narušénije právil) [neuter] (Russian), juego sucio [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-foul_play-en-noun-M9Uhg~4s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'violation of rules': 3 97

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      ],
      "word": "faute"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "violation of rules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "infraction"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "violation of rules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verletzung der Regeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "violation of rules",
      "word": "szabálytalanság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "violation of rules",
      "word": "tisztességtelenség"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "violation of rules",
      "word": "becstelenség"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "violation of rules",
      "word": "csalás"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふせいこうい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fusei kōi",
      "sense": "violation of rules",
      "word": "不正行為"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "violation of rules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "transgressão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "violation of rules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "infração"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "violation of rules",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delito"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "violation of rules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "falta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "violation of rules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ofensa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "narušénije právil",
      "sense": "violation of rules",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "наруше́ние пра́вил"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "violation of rules",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "juego sucio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "foul play"
}

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