If a payment could run afoul of the rules, companies must submit requests for exemption.
Ransomware victims find themselves between a rock and a hard place|rhhackettfortune|October 2, 2020|Fortune
For decades, it was political death to run afoul of the police and their powerful unions.
What Can Mayors Do When the Police Stop Doing Their Jobs?|by Alec MacGillis|September 3, 2020|ProPublica
In youth he was so pious, that young and old were afraid to say afoul word in his presence.
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete|Duc de Saint-Simon
Its reluctance was quite uncanny until E. Van Tenner observed that in some way the pencil had got afoul of the pocket flap.
The Beggar's Purse|Samuel Hopkins Adams
Yes, marm; but 'tain't there now—the cattle got afoul of the pillar of salt one day, and licked it all up!
The Humors of Falconbridge|Jonathan F. Kelley
Of course, every man was on his feet in a second, thinking we were all but afoul of another vessel.
The Atlantic Monthly , Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858|Various
If, like me, you can't pole a punt its length without running into a mud-bank or afoul of the bushes, then send for Fin.
The Underdog|F. Hopkinson Smith
British Dictionary definitions for afoul
afoul
/ (əˈfaʊl) /
adverb, adjective(postpositive)
(usually foll by of)in or into a state of difficulty, confusion, or conflict (with)
(often foll by of)in or into an entanglement or collision (with) (often in the phrase run afoul of)a yacht with its sails afoul; the boat ran afoul of a steamer