embroil

tr.v., -broiled, -broil·ing, -broils.

1. To involve in argument, contention, or hostile actions: “Avoid . . . any step that may embroil us with Great Britain” (Alexander Hamilton).
2. To throw into confusion or disorder; entangle.

[French embrouiller : en-, intensive pref.; see en–¹ + brouiller, to confuse (from Old French; see broil²).]

embroilment em·broil'ment n.

verb

To draw in so that extrication is difficult: catch up, embrangle, implicate, involve, mix up, suck. See free/unfree, participate/abstain.

v

Definition: involve in dispute; complicate
Antonyms: exclude, uncomplicate

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
  Synonyms: tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - inddrage i konflikt, skabe forvirring i

Nederlands (Dutch)
verwarren, in conflict brengen

Français (French)
v. tr. - entraîner dans, mêler à

Deutsch (German)
v. - in etwas hineinziehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (ε)μπλέκω (σε διένεξη κ.λπ.), ανακατεύω, αναμιγνύω, περιπλέκω, μπερδεύω

Italiano (Italian)
immischiare, imbrogliare, coinvolgere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - confundir, intrigar

Русский (Russian)
запутывать, впутывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - embrollar, enredar, sembrar la discordia

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - inveckla, trassla till

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使卷入, 使纠缠, 牵连

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使捲入, 使糾纏, 牽連

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 휩쓸어넣다, 혼란 시키다, 사이가 틀어지게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 巻き込む

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يشوش, يورط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮סיבך, הסתבך בריב, בלבל או סיבך את מצב העניינים‬

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