Afoul means to be in violation of a law or rule. If you are afoul of the speed limit, you are breaking the law.
The company was fined for having an afoul employee.
The police were called to the school after an afoul student was caught smoking cigarettes.
adjective
especially of a ship's lines etc
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Perhaps fallen afoul of the law.
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No danger of falling afoul of the 3RR.
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And don't run afoul of the policies.
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Then she ran afoul of the chimp.
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Don't want anyone to fall afoul of it.
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On the way, they run afoul of the cyborg Smoke.
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It runs afoul of a point of view problem.
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It runs afoul of the crystal ball policy.
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Bimbo runs afoul of a stage hypnotist.
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Would the determination of illegality run afoul of the legal advice issue