Definitions for run afoul
run afoul

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1. conflict, run afoul, infringe, contraveneverb

   go against, as of rules and laws

   "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"

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1. run afoulverb

   To become entangled or in conflict with.

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1. run afoul

   To "run afoul" means to get into trouble, usually by violating a rule, law or standard. It can also refer to engaging in conflict or disagreement with someone or something.

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1. • Violate

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of run afoul in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of run afoul in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of run afoul in a Sentence

1. 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.

2. Tom Jawetz:

   When Congress in 1996 enacted sweeping immigration enforcement legislation — putting in place the expedited removal system that today allows Border Patrol agents to quickly deport people Border Patrol agents apprehend without any court process — it specifically created the credible fear process to preserve the right of people to seek asylum when they are apprehended between the ports of entry, congress did that knowing that if it circumscribed the right to seek protection, then it would run afoul of our obligations under Tom Jawetz and international law to not return people to face persecution abroad. The interim final rule issued today acknowledges this history even as it attempts to undo it entirely.

3. Margaret Stock:

   The administration is deporting as many criminal aliens as possible for the numbers, but it does n’t take into account military service, most people also don’t understand how complicated immigration law really is and how easy it is to run afoul of these complex laws. Making matters worse, Margaret Stock said, is that defendants in deportation cases are not automatically given attorneys and often ca n’t afford to hire their own, resulting in many being wrongfully deported. Any lawful permanent resident, veteran or not, can be deported upon conviction of a crime that falls under the extremely broad umbrella of a Crime Involving Moral Turpitude. This can be either a misdemeanor or felony, and typically includes anything from assault, fraud and perjury to robbery, theft and bribery. The rulings are often viewed by immigration lawyers as arbitrary and the immigration code now includes scores of petty offenses listed alongside the severe ones, all punishable by deportation. Still, the federal government is very deliberate in its review of cases involving veterans, insisted Gillian Christensen, spokeswoman for the U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement( ICE).

4. Lindsey Graham:

   You'll run afoul of the Judiciary Committee. If I were you, I wouldn't do that, director Comey, trying to give you a little advice here.

5. 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.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=run afoul
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Run_Afoul
3. ^ ChatGPT
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