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Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: embrouiller, from brouiller 'to mix together'

embroil

 verb
     
em‧broil [transitive]
to involve someone or something in a difficult situation
embroil somebody/something in something
I became embroiled in an argument with the taxi driver.
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