entangle

英 [ɪn'tæŋg(ə)l; en-] 美[ɪn'tæŋɡl]

• vt. 使纠缠；卷入；使混乱

1. entrap;

"Our people should not be mired in the past"

2. twist together or entwine into a confusing mass;

"The child entangled the cord"