With its sails afoul.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Adverb, adjective : a ship with its shrouds afoul.    From Dictionary.com. 

I was late getting to my tree stand because of work and was in afoul mood anyways.    From Wordnik.com.  [what is your closest call to a bad experience while hunting?] Reference

It ran afoul of the law and went bankrupt in 1986.    From Wordnik.com.  [Money: Don't Be Ruled By Rules] Reference

Flogging, too, fell afoul of a new mood of civility.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crime & Punishment] Reference

Marcus runs afoul of the boorish, bigoted dean of men.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Ghost Writer] Reference

But here they've run afoul of the inspecteurs du travail.    From Wordnik.com.  [While The Sun Shines] Reference

This is the second time that Kohl's has run afoul of the guidelines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maker of drawstring sweatshirt involved in child's death fined $100,000] Reference

Might HMOs fall afoul of the new law because they limit certain treatments?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woe The Reformers] Reference

Despite the fact that the only sound is of birds chirping, something seems afoul.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sound of Horror] Reference

Last time Gravano ran afoul of the law, he wriggled free by ratting out his boss.    From Wordnik.com.  [Corralling Sammy 'The Bull'] Reference

In making his argument, however, Suthers ran afoul of the University of Colorado.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Suthers Falsely Claims CU Has Arrangements With Pot Dispensaries, Says He'd Prefer Legalization To MMJ] Reference

Inc. as engaging in business that could possibly run afoul of the U.S. sanctions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Toyota Stops Shipments to Iran] Reference

Many of those who ran afoul of Spitzer failed what I call the Parents 'Night Test.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spitzenfreude] Reference

Often, the two groups -- locals and vacationing visitors -- run afoul of each other.    From Wordnik.com.  [Laura Weiss: Subway Tourism Trauma: Is It Really so Great That Tourism Is Up in New York?] Reference

After infuriating its customers, alienating its artists and running afoul of the U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sony Gets Caught With Slipped Discs] Reference

But it's also the kind of brilliant vision that can run afoul of countless dreary details.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sarkozy of Arabia] Reference

In the event, his controversial outbursts on the drug war cast Zelaya afoul of Washington.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nikolas Kozloff: U.S. Marines to Costa Rica: What's Behind the Story?] Reference

Sales at Risk The latest high-end computers could run afoul of controls on exports to China.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Next China Battle] Reference

The military's ban on gays serving openly ran afoul of the school's antidiscrimination policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Senate Approaches Kagan Vote] Reference

The "ABC" injunction -- "abstain, be faithful and condomize" -- quickly runs afoul of tradition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Witchcraft, Vengeful Spirits And The Plague] Reference

Wang has been thinking about how to make CCTV more relevant without running afoul of the censors.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE PRINCESS WHO WOKE THE DINOSAUR] Reference

He had the good timing to fall afoul of Musharraf just when everyone started detesting the president.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call: Pakistan’s Elections] Reference

How -- according to the Justice Department and Judge Bolton -- is Arizona running afoul of the Constitution?.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Coleman: Obama's "General" Wins One: The Legal and Historical Import of U.S. vs. Arizona] Reference

Even if his accusers are right, Suarez would be just one of many direct marketers to run afoul of regulators.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail-Order 'Machiavelli'] Reference

He worries that interlopers will run afoul of the "cammo dudes" (camouflaged security guards) who guard Area 51.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saucers In Their Eyes] Reference

Mr. Levey said Friday he has received correspondence from dozens of international firms wary of running afoul of U.S. law.    From Wordnik.com.  [Barclays in Sanctions Bust] Reference

The same week he was executed, another Arab Israeli who moved easily across the Green Line ran afoul of Palestinian gunmen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shadow Of Death] Reference

A likely target: Baker's holdings in a Houston oil-shipping firm that has run afoul of local pollution-control authorities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Targeting Bush's Family] Reference

But if you sell a losing fund and choose to buy a similar fund within 30 days, you may run afoul of the “wash sale” rule.    From Wordnik.com.  [End-of-year mutual fund distributions add tax pain to losses] Reference

Lang and others say doctors might withhold necessary tests or discharge early for fear of running afoul of hospital averages.    From Wordnik.com.  [Physician, Cut Thy Costs] Reference

IVF America, for example, has run afoul ofthe Federal Trade Commission for allegedly misleading consumers about its success rate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Baby Makers Inc.] Reference

The sight gag here (grade C-plus) is that Buford is a tower of filth who's constantly falling afoul of cuspidors and manure piles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Future Shock In The Old West] Reference

And if Puea Thai runs afoul of the PAD, flights at Suvarnabhumi Airport, which started up again Wednesday, may once more be grounded.    From Wordnik.com.  [Limping Along] Reference

The Magic Kingdom had quietly known for months it was running afoul of the Middle Kingdom, and last month, news reports began to appear.    From Wordnik.com.  [Now, Mickey Mao] Reference

One day, treatment of young people who run afoul of the law may be guided by logic rather than politics, prejudice, and uninformed passion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Children Are Not Too Old to Change] Reference