To run afoul of

Related to To run afoul of: run foul

to run against or come into collision with, especially so as to become entangled or to cause injury.

See also: Afoul

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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You don't have to be a BPO novice to run afoul of these issues.

10 critical considerations for your BPO contract: all kinds of potential pitfalls await companies that decide to outsource key business process functions to third parties. Two attorneys offer a list of items to examine as the contract is being drawn up or renewed

Despite rhetoric from Porcupines about how their move is easy compared to the difficulties that early migrants to America faced crossing the oceans in search of liberty, most Americans, even most libertarians--assuming they manage not to run afoul of drug laws, eminent domain, or IRS prosecutions-just don't feel so tyrannized on a day-to-day basis that they feel an urgent need to uproot themselves.

Revolt of the Porcupines! The Free State Project wants libertarians to take over New Hampshire. Is this a revolutionary plan or a pipe dream?

Bush's re-election team to obtain church directories could cause the houses of worship to run afoul of federal tax law, officials with the Internal Revenue Service say.

Partisan use of church directories is a problem, IRS officials say

And it's the kind of short-term focus that has caused CEOs to run afoul of the law.

High earnings, low ethics: pressure to generate steady profits has been intense and destructive. But if history repeats, our current cataclysm presages a moral rebirth. (Essay)

In addition, a practice as seemingly innocuous as accepting employee or client trip cost reimbursements can cause a company to run afoul of FAA laws.

Tax implications of the business use of airplanes

Even worse, children of single parents are more likely than their counterparts in intact families to have emotional and behavioural problems, to abuse drugs, to get pregnant as teenagers, to drop out of high school and to run afoul of the law.