• v.
    ⦿go against, as of rules and laws
    lexical concept
  • He ran afoul of the law
  • This behavior conflicts with our rules

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:conflict
  2. enl:contravene
  3. enl:infringe
  4. enl:run afoul
wn:interlingual indexili:i34526

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • conflictcontraveneinfringerun afoul
  • conflictrun afoul