enmeshverb [ T ]
uk/enˈmeʃ/us/enˈmeʃ/to catch or involve someone in something unpleasant or dangerous from which it is difficult to escape:
The whales are caught by being enmeshed in nets.
She has become enmeshed in a tangle of drugs and petty crime.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Capturing or taking possession of things
- -grabbing
- apprehend
- apprehension
- arrogate
- at bay idiom
- bag
- cage
- capture
- catch
- collar
- corner
- get your claws into sb idiom
- get/lay/put your hands on sb idiom
- grab
- grasp at sth
- seize
- sequester
- snag
- snatch
- snatch at sth
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