the.com/foul play
the phrase you use when 'accident' feels like a lie someone's telling you.
means suspected criminal or unfair conduct behind an injury, death, or disappearance, especially when the official story doesn't add up.
from born on the sports field in the 1500s, where a 'foul' meant breaking the rules of the game — by the 1800s detectives had borrowed it for crimes dressed up as misfortune.
legal usepolice say it before they can prove murder
sports rootfoul once just meant rule violation, not death
euphemism powerlets news report suspicion without accusation