ENTANGLEMENT

[noun] [C]An entanglement is a situation or relationship that you do not completely want, in which you are involved with other people or things in a way that is difficult to understand, deal with or escape.The government can no longer afford these expensive entanglements abroad in other countries' wars.The book describes the complex emotional and sexual entanglements between the members of the group.(UK specialized) An entanglement (also barbed wire entanglement) is a fence made of wire with sharp points on it, intended to make it difficult for enemy soldiers to go across an area of land.