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Personal Foul

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a foul that involves unnecessarily rough contact, usually in basketball or American football

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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Personal Fouls
possessive
Personal Foul's
pluralpossessive
Personal Fouls'