Usually means: Conflict with rules or laws.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. run afoul: Vocabulary.com
  2. run afoul: Wiktionary
  3. run afoul: Dictionary.com
  4. run afoul: Rhymezone
  5. run afoul: FreeDictionary.org
  6. run afoul: Mnemonic Dictionary
  7. run afoul: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. run afoul: Legal dictionary
  2. run afoul: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. run afoul: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. run afoul: Idioms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (run afoul)

verb:  (transitive, intransitive, nautical) To become entangled or in conflict with.

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