To draw into a situation; to cause to be involved.
To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.
To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder.
To ensnare.
To tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated.
To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult.