enmesh

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On the other hand he had given the manager a warning of the danger which the latter might communicate to his fellow-conspirators, with the result that all of them might escape from the net in which Hilliard, at any rate, wished to enmesh them.

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  1. transitive verb To entangle, involve, or catch in or as if in a mesh. See Synonyms at catch.

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  • Silver and dark enmesh, Nandi gaping at his father, bewildered. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 01 - January 2000
  • Universities say the contracts bring in badly needed funds, although the example in the article-$8. 4 million over 7 years to Michigan State in exchange for students 'names and addresses-seems hardly worth it once you consider the long term damage done to unprepared students who enmesh themselves in debt, or the black mark against Michigan State now that the public knows that it sold off student contact info. —  Consumerist
  • For this reason they seek to enmesh the U.S. in the so-called peace process and in offering security guarantees and weapons systems.
  • When alcoholic CIA analyst Osborne Cox [John Malkovich] refuses to accept a demotion because of his drinking problem and quits, he sets in motion a series of events that enmesh a number of not terribly bright characters in what could safely be called an anti-thriller thriller. —  EclipseMagazine
  • Now, with Chu in a prime position to further enmesh the private and public spheres in planning for the nation's energy future, one can only speculate as to how high the stakes in the debate have been raised. —  The Chicago Blog
 

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  1. from en- + mesh. Now more commonly immesh, q. v.
 

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/ɛnˈmɛʃ/
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