Tangle
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a tangled twisted mass a complicated or confused state or condition an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to become mixed together or intertwined to be forced into some kind of situation to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight to mix together or intertwine to catch and hold
Example sentence: Writing fiction has developed in me an abiding respect for the unknown in a human lifetime and a sense of where to look for the threads, how to follow, how to connect, find in the thick of the tangle what clear line persists.
Embroil
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To draw into a situation; to cause to be involved.