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afoul
adverb as in amiss
Example Sentences
If they weigh race too much, they could run afoul of the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause.
But these gains are hitting their limits, and companies have few options to grow without running afoul of capital discipline, analysts say.
His Federal Communications Commission chairman hinted at punitive actions against networks whose journalists and comedians run afoul of the president.
Legal experts told Anita that the move possibly runs afoul of the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the military from taking on domestic and immigration law enforcement.
Then his adopted son, Jesus, and daughter-in-law run afoul of the feds and Easy must also figure out a way to save them from a certain prison sentence.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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