EMBROIL (OR EMBRANGLE) (Verb)

Meaning- to cause someone to become involved in an argument or difficult situation.

Uses-

• ·         Russia was reluctant to get its forces embroiled in the killing of ISIS terrorists.
• ·         They were embroiled in a complicated lawsuit.
• ·         His stand on this issue has embroiled him in controversy.
• ·         It seems those who were even remotely connected to the minister became somehow embrangled in the embezzlement scandal around him.
• ·         Opposition always tries to embroil Government in unimportant things, so diverting their energy from real problems of the country.