ensnare

Etymology

From en- + snare.

verb

1. To entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.
   When we were asked to what one should apply the name “what is not”, we were ensnared in total paradox. Remember? 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown and 250d-e, Sophist
2. To entangle; to enmesh.
   But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts. 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion