embroil Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
sweep; drag; drag in; sweep up; tangle.
- They were swept up by the events
- don't drag me into this business

F. embrouiller; pref. em- (L. in) + brouiller. See 1st Broil, and cf. Imbroglio.

imperfect & past participle Embroiled ; present participle & verbal noun Embroiling

To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife.
The royal house embroiled in civil war. Dryden.
To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.
The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are so embroiled with able and legend. Addison.
Syn. -- To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle.