Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb embroil

1 sense of embroil

Sense 1
embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in -- (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")
       => involve -- (engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!")