embroil

Etymology

Borrowed from French embrouiller.

verb

  1. To draw into a situation; to cause to be involved.
    Avoid him. He will embroil you in his fights.
    Whether it’s palatable for the vice-chairman of Hillary’s presidential campaign to be embroiled in allegations of conflicts of interest, obtaining patronage jobs, or misrepresenting time worked remains to be seen. January 31, 2016, “Is Huma Abedin Hillary Clinton’s Secret Weapon or Her Next Big Problem?”, in Vanity Fair
    He hated the idea of being manipulated by the film industry and was regularly embroiled in lawsuits. November 1, 2020, Alan Young, “Sean Connery obituary: From delivering milk in Fountainbridge to the definitive James Bond”, in The Scotsman
  2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.

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