Run afoul of (someone or something) verb phrase
Used when a boat or vessel collide with something
The boat has run afoul of the massive stone during the storm.
The vessel ran afoul of the icebergs and could not move.
Used when one does something that he or she is not allowed to do, especially disobeying rules or laws
She ran afoul of the university and got kicked out for plagiarizing.
Players who run afoul of the rules will be expelled from the pitch.
To hit, attack or strike someone in a way that causes serious injury or death
Used in reference to the period of the economic stagnation that troubled British people, government, or society in the 1970s and early 1980s
To crash into someone or something while moving in the air
A denial-of-service attack.
To reproach someone, to show disdain; to smack someone with the backside of one's hand.
The verb "run" should be conjugated according to its tense.