Translations for afoul in the English»French Dictionary

afoul [Brit əˈfaʊl, Am əˈfaʊl] ADV form

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to run afoul of

s'attirer des ennuis avec

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This powerful sentence suggests something seriously afoul in how child welfare workers make decisions about removing children. www.huffingtonpost.com

His actions during this time often caused him to run afoul of both ecclesiastical and civil authorities. en.wikipedia.org

However, the work ran afoul of the new censorship law and was not distributed, much of the edition eventually being destroyed. en.wikipedia.org

He sometimes falls afoul of the strict rules, in which lying is a serious offense, punishable by solitary confinement. en.wikipedia.org

Typically, the young lady who is the love interest runs afoul of the evil ruler. en.wikipedia.org

The boys locate the uranium, but run afoul of a load of dynamite. en.wikipedia.org

However, he ran afoul of other people involved with the newspaper and was fired in 1913. en.wikipedia.org

Mostly legal because even established publishers and book sellers occasionally ran afoul of the law. en.wikipedia.org

Ironically, these public-private efforts often took the form of local processing requirements which ultimately ran afoul of the commerce clause. en.wikipedia.org

Only one side of the note is printed to resemble currency so as not to run afoul of counterfeiting laws. en.wikipedia.org

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