To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife
If someone embroils you in a fight or an argument, they get you deeply involved in it. Any hostilities could result in retaliation and further embroil U.N. troops in fighting. to involve someone or something in a difficult situation embroil sb/sth in sth (embrouiller, from brouiller )
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"
If you become embroiled in a fight or argument, you become deeply involved in it. The Government insisted that troops would not become embroiled in battles in Bosnia