fall foul (or North American afoul) of
Come into conflict with: one of his songs has fallen foul of censorship regulations...- Opponents claim such a move would be a gross violation of civil liberties which is likely in Scotland to fall foul of European human rights legislation.
- I figured I was in a small minority of people who fell afoul of the polygraph.
- The 57-year-old fell foul of the law when he claimed income support, council tax and housing benefit after becoming the town crier
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