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Definitions for afoul
əˈfaʊlafoul

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. afoul(ip), foul, fouledadjective

    especially of a ship's lines etc

    "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor"

Wiktionary

  1. afouladverb

    In a state of entanglement or conflict with.

    He had a knack for running afoul of the law.

ChatGPT

  1. afoul

    Afoul is an adverb or an adjective that means in a state of conflict, collision or entanglement with something or someone due to a violation of rules or conventions. It typically refers to situations of disagreement, non-compliance, or clashing with established laws or principles.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Afoul

    in collision; entangled

  2. Etymology: [Pref. a- + foul.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Afoul

    a-fowl′, adj. or adv. entangled: in collision (with of).

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of afoul in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of afoul in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of afoul in a Sentence

  1. Lauri Myllyvirta:

    So far, the government seems to be walking a line of maintaining friendly relationships with Russia without encouraging or directing Chinese firms to increase business with the country, and discouraging anything that might run afoul of the sanctions imposed on China, this line does mean that China's imports from Russia are likely to grow simply on market basis, as other buyers move to embargo Russian fossil fuels.

  2. Chuck Schumer:

    President Trump is missing an opportunity to nominate a fighter for workers, like a union member, to be Americas next Labor Department Secretary, instead, President Trump has again chosen someone who has proven to put corporate interests over those of worker rights. Workers and union members who believed President Trump when President Trump campaigned as pro-worker should feel betrayed. In 2005, Walmart hired Antonin Scalia to defend against whistleblower lawsuitsby employees who alleged wrongdoing in the company. Antonin Scalia also helped overturn a Maryland law in 2006 that would have required big companies such as Walmart to spend more on employee health care in the state. That law ran afoul of a federal statute aimed at reducing red tape for certain national employers, who otherwise would have had to afford significantly differentbenefits to employees depending on their state of employment. The Wall Street Journal wrote in 2012 that Antonin Scalia.

  3. Kaelan Hollon:

    We firmly support the public awareness of the harms of smoking cigarettes, but the manner in which those messages are delivered to the public cannot run afoul of the First Amendment protections that apply to all speakers, including cigarette manufacturers.

  4. Roy Gutterman:

    The answer to this is not punishment, which would run afoul of the First Amendment because this involves a public university. The answer is to counter the speech and confront the speech. This could be the subject of campus-wide discussions.

  5. Kaelan Hollon:

    But the manner in which those messages are delivered to the public cannot run afoul of the First Amendment protections that apply to all speakers, including cigarette manufacturers.

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