afoul

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Rappers Run Afoul of Propriety in Corporate Conflicts In hip-hop, as in all things, you get what you pay for, even if you don’t read the fine print.

From New York Times • May 7, 2013

For getting Afoul of the Rocks we had to Fork over twenty dollars to the captain of a tug boat which came and Snaked us off with a Coil of Rope when the tide rose.

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 19, August 6, 1870 by Various

The consequence of this was that we no sooner came Abreast of the reef in that locality than we got Afoul of it.

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 19, August 6, 1870 by Various