Usually means: To inadvertently violate rules or laws.
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  1. fall foul: Wiktionary
  2. fall foul: Dictionary.com
  3. Fall Foul: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  4. fall foul: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. fall foul: Medical dictionary

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  1. fall foul: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (fall foul)

verb:  (idiomatic, archaic) To collide; to conflict with; to attack (+ on, of, upon)
verb:  (idiomatic) To be defeated or thwarted (by); to suffer (+ of)

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