Gets boats in trouble (7)
I believe the answer is:
obtains
'gets' is the definition.
(obtaining is a kind of getting)
'boats in trouble' is the wordplay.
'trouble' indicates an anagram.
'boats'+'in'='boatsin'
'boatsin' with letters rearranged gives 'OBTAINS'.
(Other definitions for obtains that I've seen before include "Authority" , "Gets" .)
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