After leaving home he fell afoul of the law. [=he got into trouble for breaking the law; he was arrested for committing a crime]
an investor who has run afoul of stock market rules
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
afoul of — preposition : in or into conflict with : in or into opposition to he fell afoul of the law : in or into collision or entanglement with one ship ran afoul of the other * * * /əˈfaʊləv/ adv fall/run afoul of chiefly US : to get into trouble because … Useful english dictionary
fall afoul of someone — fall afoul of (someone/something) See: run afoul of someone/something … New idioms dictionary
fall afoul of something — fall afoul of (someone/something) See: run afoul of someone/something … New idioms dictionary
fall afoul of — (someone/something) See: run afoul of someone/something … New idioms dictionary
afoul — ☆ afoul [ə foul′ ] adv., adj. in a collision or a tangle run afoul of or fall afoul of 1. to collide with or become entangled with 2. to get into conflict or trouble with … English World dictionary
afoul — [[t]əfa͟ʊl[/t]] PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n If you run afoul of someone or something, you do something which causes problems with them. [AM] ...an otherwise law abiding citizen who, if left to his own devices, would never have run afoul of the law … English dictionary
afoul — adverb run /fall afoul of formal especially AmE to cause problems by doing something that is against the rules or that goes against people s beliefs: run afoul of the school authorities … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Fall of Saigon — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Fall of Saigon partof=Vietnam War caption=This well known photo taken by Hubert van Es shows South Vietnamese civilians scrambling to board a CIA Air America helicopter during the U.S. evacuation of Saigon. date … Wikipedia
afoul — /euh fowl /, adv., adj. 1. in a state of collision or entanglement: a ship with its shrouds afoul. 2. run or come or fall afoul of, a. to become entangled with: The boat ran afoul of the seaweed. b. to come into conflict with: The business had… … Universalium
run or come or fall afoul of — idi a) to become entangled with: The boat ran afoul of the seaweed[/ex] b) to come into conflict with … From formal English to slang
