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What does afoul mean?

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Adverb
  1. (archaic, principally nautical) In a state of collision or entanglement.
  2. (with of) In a state of entanglement or conflict (with).
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Run afoul of such a policy, and you risk not only being fired, but losing control of your business.
He was the most tolerant of all the potential candidates and because of this he also went afoul with the ulema.
We have fallen afoul of censorware companies before, but they've always been able to remove us from their blacklist in a few minutes.
Falling for a fellow teacher runs him afoul of the principal, who has designs on the woman.
They objected to the religious laxity of the sultan and ran afoul with him.
The treatment of social issues in her films, including several documentaries, has run her afoul of the government.

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