[
	{
		"meta": {
			"id": "fall foul of",
			"uuid": "451a25cc-a868-4d2f-bbb4-da49d5d8bdba",
			"sort": "3005713000",
			"src": "ld",
			"section": "idioms",
			"stems": [
				"fall foul of"
			],
			"offensive": false
		},
		"hwi": {
			"hw": "fall foul of"
		},
		"fl": "idiom",
		"def": [
			{
				"sseq": [
					[
						[
							"sense",
							{
								"dt": [
									[
										"text",
										"{bc}to get into trouble because of failing to do what is required by (the law, a rule, etc.) "
									],
									[
										"vis",
										[
											{
												"t": "After leaving school she {it}fell foul of{\/it} the law and spent time in jail."
											},
											{
												"t": "companies that {it}fall foul of{\/it} labor laws"
											}
										]
									]
								]
							}
						]
					]
				]
			}
		],
		"shortdef": [
			"to get into trouble because of failing to do what is required by (the law, a rule, etc.)"
		]
	}
]