0 past simple and past participle of embroil
1 to cause someone to become involved in an argument or a difficult situation:
This is no doubt a consequence of the prolonged identity crisis that has embroiled the sub-discipline in the past few decades.
This came to naught, as the operation became embroiled in a small war, but there were also reports of increasing deterioration.
The police force also became embroiled in the agitations.
He does not develop a political philosophy or take a political stand even though the whole country is embroiled in politics.
In the early twentieth century this group became embroiled in conflict with the colonial administration over their legal status.
American leaders who actually propose national health insurance, however, quickly find themselves embroiled in the fight of their lives.
With the movement's leaders embroiled in turf wars within the bureaucracy, the reform effort floundered.
The latter became embroiled with a trader over the price of shoes and matters came to a boil.
