Usually means: Conflict with established rules, norms.
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  1. run afoul of: Merriam-Webster
  2. run afoul of: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. run afoul of: Wiktionary
  4. run afoul of: Dictionary.com

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  1. run afoul of: Legal dictionary

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  1. run afoul of: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (run afoul of)

verb:  (nautical) To become entangled in; to run aground on.
verb:  (idiomatic) To contravene.

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