[n] something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations"
[n] a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven; "they carved their way through the tangle of vines"
[v] twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"
[v] disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair"
[v] tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story"
[v] force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business"
Synonyms
dishevel, drag, drag in, embroil, entangle, knot, mat, maze, ravel, snarl, snarl, sweep, sweep up, tousle