foul deed
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffoulanddeed
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foul
adjective
uk/faʊl/us/faʊl/
extremely ...
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deed
noun[C]
uk/diːd/us/diːd/
an intentional act, especially a very bad or very ...
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(Definition offoulanddeedfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffoul deed
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From the information that we have, there is no indication of how the perpetrator of thatfouldeedcame into the cemetery.
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History will pass its ultimate judgment on thisfouldeed.
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Thefouldeedhas been done and contemplation of it will help no one.
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I am not suggesting that we are about to do afouldeed, if we are about to do it at all.
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Many afouldeedis corroborated by countless testimonies.
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We are being asked to drink from a poisoned chalice, and then carry out afouldeedin a state of some intoxication.
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They advanced the theory that thefouldeedwas the work of the coastal tribe.
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The terrible stories revealed in its pages and the evidence of foul deeds that is presented cannot just be put aside or ignored.
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Such foul deeds must be condemned in the strongest political terms.
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Two colleagues have made reference to the question of signatures and implicitly suggest some kind of foul deeds behind the scenes.
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Not one of them is likely to suffer the penalty that he would have incurred if he had been caught before he perpetrated such foul deeds.
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When young people are convicted for perpetrating and committing such foul deeds against society, it is tragic that there is almost nothing that can be done with them.
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Adelais admits to her foul deeds long ago.
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Nigellus never explains the reason for his exile but admits that he committed foul deeds of his own fault.
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